Activism Archives - Page 108 of 316

Cornelia Oatman

In the 1970s, Cornelia Oatman filed a federal lawsuit against the Augusta, Georgia sheriff, jailer, and judge alleging civil rights violations in the death of her son.

Lisa Bellear

Lisa Bellear’s work as an artist, poet, photographer, broadcaster, activist and academic continues to inspire change and educate.

Eliza Bennis

Irish-American methodist activist and diarist

Anam is one of 16 Master Teachers appointed by the Victorian Academy of Teaching and Leadership, where she works with Technologies teachers from across all sectors in Victoria, within the Teaching Excellence Program.

Elaine Brown

African-American political activist

Amanda Phingbodhipakkiya

Multidisciplinary artist, educator, and member of the US President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities

Dr Fannie Almara Quain

Dr. Fannie Quain earned a doctor of medicine degree from the University of Michigan Medical School in 1898 and was a co-founder of the North Dakota Tuberculosis Association (now the American Lung Association of North Dakota).

Amy Mallard

On November 20, 1948, a mob of 20 armed white men shot and killed African American Robert Mallard in front of his family. The killing initially garnered little attention, but due in part to the outspokenness of Mallard’s wife, the case soon became national news, and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) entered the case.