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Born January 21, 1884 • Wellesley • Massachusetts
Died August 26, 1981 (aged 97) • Ridgewood • New Jersey
Founder American Civil Liberties Union
Role In American civil rights movement
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
United States jurist
James Baldwin
James Baldwin
American author
John Lewis
John Lewis
American civil rights leader and politician
Felix Frankfurter
Felix Frankfurter
United States jurist
Stanley Crouch
American journalist and critic
Carrie Chapman Catt
Carrie Chapman Catt
American feminist leader
Abzug, Bella
Bella Abzug
American politician
Jeannette Rankin, 1918
Jeannette Rankin
American politician
Balch, Emily Greene
Emily Greene Balch
American political scientist
Powell, 1967
Adam Clayton Powell, Jr.
American legislator
Bond, Julian
Julian Bond
American politician and civil rights leader
Young, Andrew
Andrew Young
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Thomas, Norman
Norman Thomas
American politician
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
Eleanor Holmes Norton
American lawyer and politician
Louis Marshall
American lawyer
Hannah Johnston Bailey
Hannah Johnston Bailey
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Edmund Gerald Brown
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John Connally
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Perry Belmont
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