American, a former enslaved woman who became a philanthropist to help settle former slaves Clara Brown (1800—1889) is believed to be the first former slave to move to Colorado during the Gold Rush. She was born in 1800 and was …
An Indian who founded BiOZEEN aimed at reducing the prices of vaccines Vibin Joseph (b. 1985), only 35 years old, is the Executive Director of BiOZEEN, a leading Bioprocess Engineering company that revolutionized the sanitary industry. Vibin thought it was …
A South African activist who gave public lectures on negative perceptions of AIDS Nkosi Johnson was an African kid who was born in 1989 with HIV, as his mother, Daphne, had AIDS when she was pregnant. Nkosi was an exception …
American teacher known for her Blue Еyes/Brown Eyes experiment, which demonstrates discriminatory thinking Jane Elliott is an American educator who became known by a racial experiment she realized in one of her lessons, called Blue Eyes/Brown Eyes in 1968. She …
German activist against Nazism, part of the non-violent, intellectual resistance group White Rose Sophie Scholl was a German girl who lived under Hitler’s dictatorship. She saw how Hitler punished her friends and family and realized his way of doing things …
French writer and existential philosopher who wrote The Second Sex—a book on the role of role of women and ‘otherness’ in history and society Simone de Beauvoir was a French writer and feminist who was born in a bourgeois and Christian …
American public figure, leader of the Civil Rights Movement, known for his speech I Have a Dream Martin Luther King was a pastor in a church in Montgomery, who became very popular and famous because of his acts towards the …
An American activist known for her role in the Montgomery Bus Boycott Rosa Parks was a civil rights activist who became known by a simple act that changed the history of African-American people in the U.S. She was born in …
NY anonymous feminist and anti-racist artistic collective The Guerrilla Girls is an anonymous feminist and anti-racist artistic collective. It was created in New York in the year 1985 and they are denominated this way due to their communication tactics. Their …
Iraqi human rights activist against the use of women and sexual violence as a weapon in wars, 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad (b. 1993) is a Yazidi activist living in Germany. The Yazidis are an ethnic and religious …
An American boxer and pacifist who converted to Islam and refused to take part in the Vietnam War Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. (1942—2016), or as he is known, Muhammad Ali, was an American heavy-weight boxer, philanthropist and social activist. He …
Pakistani activist for women’s education and the youngest Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai (b. 1997) is a Pakistani young woman who stood up for girl’s education in Pakistan. In 2009, she started writing a blog for the BBC, talking about the …
