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Abbie Hoffman
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party.
Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman was a political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party.
Alex Rackley
Alex Rackley was a member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s.
Alex Rackley was a member of the New York chapter of the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s.
American Friends Service Committee
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) affiliated organization which works for peace and social justice in the United States and around the ...
The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is a Religious Society of Friends (Quaker) affiliated organization which works for peace and social justice in the United States and around the ...
American Indian Movement
The American Indian Movement is a Native American activist organization in the United States, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by urban Native Americans.
The American Indian Movement is a Native American activist organization in the United States, founded in 1968 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by urban Native Americans.
American Nazi Party
The American Nazi Party was an American political party founded by veteran U.S. Navy Commander George Lincoln Rockwell.
The American Nazi Party was an American political party founded by veteran U.S. Navy Commander George Lincoln Rockwell.
Assata Shakur
Assata Olugbala Shakur is an African-American activist and escaped convict who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army.
Assata Olugbala Shakur is an African-American activist and escaped convict who was a member of the Black Panther Party and Black Liberation Army.
Bernardine Dohrn
Bernardine Rae Dohrn is an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law and the immediate past Director of Northwestern's Children and Family Justice Center.
Bernardine Rae Dohrn is an Associate Professor of Law at Northwestern University School of Law and the immediate past Director of Northwestern's Children and Family Justice Center.
Bill Ayers
William Charles "Bill" Ayers is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
William Charles "Bill" Ayers is an American elementary education theorist and a former leader in the movement that opposed U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.
Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity
The Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity, or BANTU, was a youth activism group focused on black power and nationalism in Omaha, Nebraska in the 1960s.
The Black Association for Nationalism Through Unity, or BANTU, was a youth activism group focused on black power and nationalism in Omaha, Nebraska in the 1960s.
Black Liberators
The Black Liberators was a militant civil-rights organization formed in St. Louis, Missouri in the spring of 1968.
The Black Liberators was a militant civil-rights organization formed in St. Louis, Missouri in the spring of 1968.
Black Panther Party
The Black Panther Party was an African-American revolutionary leftist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982.
The Black Panther Party was an African-American revolutionary leftist organization active in the United States from 1966 until 1982.
Brown Berets
The Brown Berets is a Chicano nationalist activist, Mexican Americans that emerged during the Chicano Movement in the late 1960s and remains active to the present day.
The Brown Berets is a Chicano nationalist activist, Mexican Americans that emerged during the Chicano Movement in the late 1960s and remains active to the present day.
Bunchy Carter
Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter was an African American gang member and former activist who was killed on January 17, 1969.
Alprentice "Bunchy" Carter was an African American gang member and former activist who was killed on January 17, 1969.
Carl Oglesby
Carl Oglesby is a writer, academic, and political activist.
Carl Oglesby is a writer, academic, and political activist.
Clyde Bellecourt
Clyde Howard Bellecourt (born May 8, 1936) is a White Earth Ojibwe civil rights organizer noted for co-founding the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 with Dennis Banks, Herb Powless, and Ed...
Clyde Howard Bellecourt (born May 8, 1936) is a White Earth Ojibwe civil rights organizer noted for co-founding the American Indian Movement (AIM) in 1968 with Dennis Banks, Herb Powless, and Ed...
COINTELPRO
COINTELPRO (an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert, and often illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI...
COINTELPRO (an acronym for Counter Intelligence Program) was a series of covert, and often illegal, projects conducted by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI...
Communist Party USA
The Communist Party USA is a Marxist political party in the United States, established in 1919.
The Communist Party USA is a Marxist political party in the United States, established in 1919.
Congress of Racial Equality
The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role for African-Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.
The Congress of Racial Equality or CORE is a U.S. civil rights organization that played a pivotal role for African-Americans in the Civil Rights Movement.
David Gilbert (activist)
David Gilbert is an American radical leftist organizer and activist who is currently imprisoned at Clinton Correctional Facility.
David Gilbert is an American radical leftist organizer and activist who is currently imprisoned at Clinton Correctional Facility.
Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks (born April 12, 1937), a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota.
Dennis Banks (born April 12, 1937), a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota.
Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad
Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad (born Richard Moore, 1945) is an American writer and activist, who is a former prisoner, Black Panther Party leader, and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army.
Dhoruba al-Mujahid bin Wahad (born Richard Moore, 1945) is an American writer and activist, who is a former prisoner, Black Panther Party leader, and co-founder of the Black Liberation Army.
Diana Oughton
Diana Oughton was a member of the Students for a Democratic Society Michigan Chapter and later, a member of the 1960s radical group Weatherman.
Diana Oughton was a member of the Students for a Democratic Society Michigan Chapter and later, a member of the 1960s radical group Weatherman.
Dianne Donghi
Dianne Marie Donghi (born 1949) is a former member of Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization) and Weatherman (organization).
Dianne Marie Donghi (born 1949) is a former member of Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization) and Weatherman (organization).
El Comite-MINP
El Comite, or MINP, was a 1960s militant organization that sought independence for Puerto Rico from the United States.
El Comite, or MINP, was a 1960s militant organization that sought independence for Puerto Rico from the United States.
Eldridge Cleaver
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) better known as Eldridge Cleaver, was a writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party.
Leroy Eldridge Cleaver (August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998) better known as Eldridge Cleaver, was a writer and political activist who became an early leader of the Black Panther Party.
Elijah Muhammad
Elijah Muhammad was an African American religious leader, and led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975.
Elijah Muhammad was an African American religious leader, and led the Nation of Islam from 1934 until his death in 1975.
Ella Baker
Ella Josephine Baker was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist beginning in the 1930s.
Ella Josephine Baker was an African-American civil rights and human rights activist beginning in the 1930s.
Fred Hampton
Fred Hampton was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
Fred Hampton was an African-American activist and deputy chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party.
George Jackson (Black Panther)
George Lester Jackson was an African-American left-wing activist, Marxist, author, a member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family while incarcerated.
George Lester Jackson was an African-American left-wing activist, Marxist, author, a member of the Black Panther Party, and co-founder of the Black Guerrilla Family while incarcerated.
George W. Sams, Jr.
George W. Sams, Jr. (born c.1946) was the national field marshal of the Black Panther Party who implicated Bobby Seale in the 1969 murder of New York Panther (and suspected FBI informant) Alex R...
George W. Sams, Jr. (born c.1946) was the national field marshal of the Black Panther Party who implicated Bobby Seale in the 1969 murder of New York Panther (and suspected FBI informant) Alex R...
Geronimo Pratt
Geronimo Pratt (born Elmer Pratt, September 13, 1947 – June 2, 2011), also known as Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt, was a high ranking member of the Black Panther Party.
Geronimo Pratt (born Elmer Pratt, September 13, 1947 – June 2, 2011), also known as Geronimo ji-Jaga Pratt, was a high ranking member of the Black Panther Party.
Gus Hall
Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader and Chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and its four-time U.S. presidential candidate.
Gus Hall (born Arvo Kustaa Halberg; October 8, 1910 – October 13, 2000) was a leader and Chairman of the Communist Party USA (CPUSA) and its four-time U.S. presidential candidate.
H. Bruce Franklin
Howard Bruce Franklin (born 1934) is an American cultural historian who has authored or edited nineteen books on a range of subjects.
Howard Bruce Franklin (born 1934) is an American cultural historian who has authored or edited nineteen books on a range of subjects.
H. Rap Brown
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, also known as H. Rap Brown, was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, and during a short-lived alliance between SNCC and the Black...
Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin, also known as H. Rap Brown, was chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the 1960s, and during a short-lived alliance between SNCC and the Black...
Huey P. Newton
Huey Percy Newton, was an African-American political and urban activist who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
Huey Percy Newton, was an African-American political and urban activist who, along with Bobby Seale, co-founded the Black Panther Party for Self Defense.
James Bevel
James L. Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was an American minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement who, as the Director of Direct Action and Director of Nonviolent Educ...
James L. Bevel (October 19, 1936 – December 19, 2008) was an American minister and leader of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement who, as the Director of Direct Action and Director of Nonviolent Educ...
Jane Alpert
Jane Lauren Alpert (born May 20, 1947) is an American former radical who conspired in the bombings of eight government and commercial office buildings in New York City in 1969.
Jane Lauren Alpert (born May 20, 1947) is an American former radical who conspired in the bombings of eight government and commercial office buildings in New York City in 1969.
Jeff Jones (activist)
Jeff Jones (born February 23, 1947) is an environmental activist and consultant in Upstate New York.
Jeff Jones (born February 23, 1947) is an environmental activist and consultant in Upstate New York.
John Birch Society
The John Birch Society is an American political advocacy group that supports anti-communism, limited government, a constitutional republic and personal freedom.
The John Birch Society is an American political advocacy group that supports anti-communism, limited government, a constitutional republic and personal freedom.
John Lennon
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and cr...
John Winston Ono Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founder members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and cr...
Juan Mari Brás
Juan Mari Brás was an advocate for Puerto Rican independence from the United States who founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party.
Juan Mari Brás was an advocate for Puerto Rican independence from the United States who founded the Puerto Rican Socialist Party.
Karen Ashley
Karen Ashley (born 1949) is a former member of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and The Weatherman (WUO).
Karen Ashley (born 1949) is a former member of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) and The Weatherman (WUO).
Kathy Boudin
Kathy Boudin (born May 19, 1943) is a former American radical who was convicted in 1984 of felony murder for her participation in an armed robbery that resulted in the killing of three people.
Kathy Boudin (born May 19, 1943) is a former American radical who was convicted in 1984 of felony murder for her participation in an armed robbery that resulted in the killing of three people.
Lawrence Plamondon
Lawrence "Pun" Plamondon was a 1960s left-wing activist who was one of the founders of the White Panther Party.
Lawrence "Pun" Plamondon was a 1960s left-wing activist who was one of the founders of the White Panther Party.
Mae Mallory
Mae Mallory (1929–2007) was a Black liberation movement leader in the 1960s, and proponent of Black armed self-defense.
Mae Mallory (1929–2007) was a Black liberation movement leader in the 1960s, and proponent of Black armed self-defense.
Malcolm X
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.
Malcolm X, born Malcolm Little and also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz, was an African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist.
Mario Savio
Mario Savio was an American political activist and a key member in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement.
Mario Savio was an American political activist and a key member in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement.
Mark Rudd
Mark William Rudd (born June 2, 1947) is a political organizer, mathematics instructor, and anti-war activist, most well known for his involvement with the Weather Underground.
Mark William Rudd (born June 2, 1947) is a political organizer, mathematics instructor, and anti-war activist, most well known for his involvement with the Weather Underground.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968) was an American clergyman, activist, and prominent leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Matthew Landy Steen
Matthew Landy Steen is a former member of the Weather Underground Organization, a New Left activist and editor of Berkeley Tribe and other underground newspapers in the 1960s.
Matthew Landy Steen is a former member of the Weather Underground Organization, a New Left activist and editor of Berkeley Tribe and other underground newspapers in the 1960s.
Maulana Karenga
Maulana Karenga is an African-American professor of Africana Studies, scholar/activist, author and best known as the creator of the pan-African and African American holiday of Kwanzaa.
Maulana Karenga is an African-American professor of Africana Studies, scholar/activist, author and best known as the creator of the pan-African and African American holiday of Kwanzaa.
Michael Justesen
Michael Justesen (born May 17, 1950) is a former member of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) and Weather Underground Organization (WUO).
Michael Justesen (born May 17, 1950) is a former member of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS), the Seattle Liberation Front (SLF) and Weather Underground Organization (WUO).
Morris Starsky
Morris Joseph Starsky (February 1, 1933 – January 20, 1989), an American political and social activist and philosophy professor, served as a tenured faculty member in the Arizona State Universit...
Morris Joseph Starsky (February 1, 1933 – January 20, 1989), an American political and social activist and philosophy professor, served as a tenured faculty member in the Arizona State Universit...
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist.
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist.
Nation of Islam
The Nation of Islam is a syncretic new religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad in July 1930.
The Nation of Islam is a syncretic new religious movement founded in Detroit, Michigan by Wallace D. Fard Muhammad in July 1930.
National States' Rights Party
National States' Rights Party was a far right, white supremacist party that briefly played a minor role in the politics of the United States.
National States' Rights Party was a far right, white supremacist party that briefly played a minor role in the politics of the United States.
Phoebe Hirsch
Phoebe Hirsch (born 1949) is a former member of Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization) (SDS) and Weatherman (organization) (WUO).
Phoebe Hirsch (born 1949) is a former member of Students for a Democratic Society (1960 organization) (SDS) and Weatherman (organization) (WUO).
Puerto Rican Socialist Party
The Puerto Rican Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño, PSP) was a Marxist and pro-independence political party in Puerto Rico seeking the end of United States of America control on...
The Puerto Rican Socialist Party (Partido Socialista Puertorriqueño, PSP) was a Marxist and pro-independence political party in Puerto Rico seeking the end of United States of America control on...
Republic of New Afrika
The Republic of New Afrika (RNA), was a social movement that proposed three objectives.
The Republic of New Afrika (RNA), was a social movement that proposed three objectives.
Revolutionary Communist Party, USA
The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP, USA), known originally as the Revolutionary Union, is a Maoist Communist party formed in 1975 in the United States.
The Revolutionary Communist Party, USA (RCP, USA), known originally as the Revolutionary Union, is a Maoist Communist party formed in 1975 in the United States.
Robert F. Williams
Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was a civil rights leader, the president of the Monroe, North Carolina NAACP chapter in the 1950s and early 1960s, and author.
Robert Franklin Williams (February 26, 1925 – October 15, 1996) was a civil rights leader, the president of the Monroe, North Carolina NAACP chapter in the 1950s and early 1960s, and author.
Robert Parris Moses
Robert Parris Moses (born Harlem, New York, January 23, 1935, usually known as Bob Moses) is an American, Harvard-trained educator who was a leader in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and l...
Robert Parris Moses (born Harlem, New York, January 23, 1935, usually known as Bob Moses) is an American, Harvard-trained educator who was a leader in the 1960s Civil Rights Movement and l...
Robert Roth (activist)
Robert Roth (born 1950), was an active member in the anti-war, anti-racism and anti-imperialism movements of the 1960’s and 70’s, and key member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) po...
Robert Roth (born 1950), was an active member in the anti-war, anti-racism and anti-imperialism movements of the 1960’s and 70’s, and key member of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) po...
Russell Means
Russell Charles Means (born November 10, 1939) is an Oglala Sioux activist for the rights of Native American people.
Russell Charles Means (born November 10, 1939) is an Oglala Sioux activist for the rights of Native American people.
Scott Braley
Scott Braley (born March 26, 1947) was a leftist activist and a regional organizer for the Michigan State University's chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society, better known as SDS. Bra...
Scott Braley (born March 26, 1947) was a leftist activist and a regional organizer for the Michigan State University's chapter of the Students for a Democratic Society, better known as SDS. Bra...
Socialist Workers Party (United States)
The Socialist Workers Party is a far-left political organization in the United States.
The Socialist Workers Party is a far-left political organization in the United States.
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization.
The Southern Christian Leadership Conference is an African-American civil rights organization.
Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichael was a Trinidadian-American black activist active in the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement.
Stokely Carmichael was a Trinidadian-American black activist active in the 1960s American Civil Rights Movement.
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
The Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee was one of the organizations of the American Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
Students for a Democratic Society
Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations of the country's New Left.
Students for a Democratic Society was a student activist movement in the United States that was one of the main iconic representations of the country's New Left.
Susan Stern
Susan Ellen (Tanenbaum) Stern (January 31, 1943 – July 31, 1976) was an American political activist.
Susan Ellen (Tanenbaum) Stern (January 31, 1943 – July 31, 1976) was an American political activist.
Tabitha Fringe Chase
Tabitha Fringe Chase, (a.k.a. Tabby Chase), (born July 24, 1977), is one of the first US activists investigated by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force to come forward publicly alerting the media ...
Tabitha Fringe Chase, (a.k.a. Tabby Chase), (born July 24, 1977), is one of the first US activists investigated by the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force to come forward publicly alerting the media ...
Ted Gold
Theodore "Ted" Gold (December 13, 1947 – March 6, 1970) was a member of Weatherman.
Theodore "Ted" Gold (December 13, 1947 – March 6, 1970) was a member of Weatherman.
Terry Robbins
Terry Robbins was a U.S. leftist radical activist.
Terry Robbins was a U.S. leftist radical activist.
Tony Papert
The National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC) is a political cadre organization in the United States founded and controlled by political activist Lyndon LaRouche, who has sometimes descri...
The National Caucus of Labor Committees (NCLC) is a political cadre organization in the United States founded and controlled by political activist Lyndon LaRouche, who has sometimes descri...
US Organization
US Organization, or Organization Us, is a Black nationalist group in the United States founded by Maluana Karenga and Hakim Jamal in 1965.
US Organization, or Organization Us, is a Black nationalist group in the United States founded by Maluana Karenga and Hakim Jamal in 1965.
Venceremos (political organization)
Venceremos, Spanish for "We Will Overcome", or "We Will Prevail", was a radical left political group which took its name from the battle cry of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, a revolutionary communist l...
Venceremos, Spanish for "We Will Overcome", or "We Will Prevail", was a radical left political group which took its name from the battle cry of Ernesto "Che" Guevara, a revolutionary communist l...
Viola Liuzzo
Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo was a Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist from Michigan, who was murdered by Ku Klux Klan members after the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama.
Viola Fauver Gregg Liuzzo was a Unitarian Universalist civil rights activist from Michigan, who was murdered by Ku Klux Klan members after the 1965 Selma to Montgomery marches in Alabama.
Weather Underground
Weather Underground Declaration of a State of War The Weather Underground was an American radical left organization.
Weather Underground Declaration of a State of War The Weather Underground was an American radical left organization.
White Panther Party
The White Panthers were a far-left, anti-racist, White American political collective founded in 1968 by Lawrence Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair.
The White Panthers were a far-left, anti-racist, White American political collective founded in 1968 by Lawrence Plamondon, Leni Sinclair, and John Sinclair.
Yoko Ono
Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon.
Yoko Ono is a Japanese artist, author, and peace activist, known for her work in avant-garde art, music and filmmaking as well as her marriage to John Lennon.
Young Lords
The Young Lords, later Young Lords Organization and in New York, Young Lords Party, was a Puerto Rican nationalist group in several United States cities, notably New York City and Ch...
The Young Lords, later Young Lords Organization and in New York, Young Lords Party, was a Puerto Rican nationalist group in several United States cities, notably New York City and Ch...
Young Patriots Organization
The Young Patriots Organization was an American left-wing organization of the 1960s and 70s.
The Young Patriots Organization was an American left-wing organization of the 1960s and 70s.