CRIME

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Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Susan B. Anthony	Activist	15-Feb-1820	13-Mar-1906	Women's rights advocate
Arthur Ashe	Tennis	10-Jul-1943	6-Feb-1993	First black man to win Wimbledon
Joan Baez	Singer/Songwriter	9-Jan-1941		Diamonds and Rust
Dennis Brutus	Poet	28-Nov-1924		Sirens, Knuckles and Boots
Amy Carter	Relative	19-Oct-1967		Daughter of President Jimmy Carter
Ward Churchill	Activist	2-Oct-1947		Compared WTC victims to Adolf Eichmann
William L. Clay	Politician	30-Apr-1931		Congressman from Missouri, 1969-2001
Kim Dae-Jung	Head of State	3-Dec-1925		South Korean President, 1998-2003
Dorothy Day	Activist	8-Nov-1897	29-Nov-1980	Founder of the Catholic Worker movement
Walter E. Fauntroy	Activist	6-Feb-1933		Congressman from DC, 1971-91
Peter Fonda	Actor	23-Feb-1940		Easy Rider
Whoopi Goldberg	Actor	13-Nov-1955		In-your-face dreadlocked comedian
Dick Gregory	Activist	12-Oct-1932		Autobiography: NIGGER!
Daniel Hamburg	Politician	6-Oct-1948		Congressman from California, 1993-95
Charles A. Hayes	Politician	17-Feb-1918	8-Apr-1997	Congressman from Illinois, 1983-93
John Hume	Politician	18-Jan-1937		Northern Ireland pol, Nobel recipient
Martin Luther King	Activist	15-Jan-1929	4-Apr-1968	Pacifist civil rights activist
Albert Lutuli	Activist	c. 1898	21-Jul-1967	ANC president, Nobel Prize recipient
Emmeline Pankhurst	Activist	14-Jul-1857	14-Jun-1928	Militant suffragette
Alice Paul	Activist	11-Jan-1885	9-Jul-1977	Suffragette
Pope Pius VIII	Religion	20-Nov-1761	30-Nov-1830	Pope for 20 months, maybe poisoned
Bobby Rush	Politician	23-Nov-1946		Congressman, Illinois 1st
Bayard Rustin	Activist	17-Mar-1910	24-Aug-1987	Organized the 1963 March on Washington
José Serrano	Politician	24-Oct-1943		Congressman, New York 16th
Cindy Sheehan	Activist	10-Jul-1957		Peace Mom
Henry David Thoreau	Author	12-Jul-1817	6-May-1862	Reclusive author of Walden

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