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Activists from Oakland, California
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The list Activists from Oakland, California includes
Huey P. Newton, Richard Aoki, Bobby Seale, Abby Martin and Zsuzsanna Budapest.
The list consists of 27 members.
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Huey P. Newton
co-founder of the Black Panther Party
Overview: Dr. Huey Percy Newton (February 17, 1942 – August 22, 1989) was an African-American political activist, author and revolutionary who, along with fellow Merritt College student Bobby Seale, co-founded the ...Date of birth: 17 February 1942Date of death: 22 August 1989Age: 47 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActivistGender: Male
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Bobby Seale
American activist
Overview: Robert George Seale (born October 22, 1936) is an American political activist. He and fellow activist Huey P. Newton co-founded the Black Panther Party. 0
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Abby Martin
American citizen journalist
Overview: Abigail Suzanne Martin (born September 6, 1984) is an American journalist and TV presenter. 0
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Richard Aoki
American educator and activist
Overview: Richard Masato Aoki ( or ; 20 November 1938 – 15 March 2009) was an American educator and college counselor, best known as a civil rights activist and early member of the Black Panther Party. He joined ...Date of birth: 20 November 1938Date of death: 15 March 2009Age: 70 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Activist 0
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Zsuzsanna Budapest
American writer and activist
Overview: Zsuzsanna Emese Mokcsay (born 30 January 1940 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Hungarian author, activist, journalist, playwright and songwriter living in America who writes about feminist spirituality and Dianic ... 0
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Barbara Lee
American politician (born 1946)
Overview: Barbara Jean Lee (born July 16, 1946) is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for California's 13th congressional district. Now in her 12th congressional term, Lee has served since ... 0
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Alicia Garza
American activist and writer (born 1981)
Overview: Alicia Garza (born January 4, 1981) is an American civil rights activist and writer known for co-founding the international Black Lives Matter movement. She has organized around the issues of health, ...Date of birth: 4 January 1981Age: 44Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActivistGender: FemaleHeight: 5' 7" (170 cm) 0
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Melina Abdullah
American academic and civic activist
Overview: Melina Abdullah is an American academic and civic leader. She is chair of the department of Pan-African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, and a co-founder of the Los Angeles chapter ...Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActivistGender: Female 0
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Overview: Clara Elizabeth Chan Lee (October 21, 1886 – October 5, 1993) was the first Chinese American woman to register to vote in the United States. She registered to vote on November 8, 1911 in California fo ...Date of birth: 21 October 1886Date of death: 5 October 1993Age: 106 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Activist 0
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John Froines
Political activistOverview: John Radford Froines (June 13, 1939 – July 13, 2022) was an American chemist and anti-war activist. He is noted as a member of the Chicago Seven, a group charged with involvement with the riots at ...Date of birth: 12 May 1953Date of death: 13 July 2022Age: 69 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Scientist 0
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Omali Yeshitela
American politician
Overview: Omali Yeshitela (born Joseph Waller) is the founder of the Uhuru Movement, an African Internationalist organization based in St. Petersburg, Florida with members throughout some parts of the world. 0
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Bambu (rapper)
Musical artistOverview: Jonah Deocampo, better known by his stage name Bambu, is a Filipino-American community activist and rapper from Los Angeles, California. He has been called "one of the most well-respected indie musicians ...Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Activist 0
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Mary Luana Williams
American writerOverview: Mary Luana Williams (born October 13, 1967) is an American social activist and author who wrote The Lost Daughter: A Memoir about her life. The memoir details being adopted by Jane Fonda and Tom Hayden ... 0
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Ericka Huggins
American activist
Overview: Ericka Huggins (née Jenkins; born January 5, 1948) is an American activist and educator. She is a former leading member of the Black Panther Party. 0
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Favianna Rodriguez
American artist
Overview: Favianna Rodriguez (born September 26, 1978) is an American artist and activist. She has self-identified as queer and Latina with Afro-Peruvian roots. Rodriguez began as a political poster designer in ... 0
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Mark Comfort
American activist
Overview: Mark Everett Comfort (February 6, 1934 – November 6, 1976) was a community activist who worked in early Oakland grassroots civil rights movements in the 1960s, before moving to Lowndes County, Alabama ...Date of birth: 6 February 1934Date of death: 6 November 1976Age: 42 (age at death)Occupation: Activist 0
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Mother Wright
American activistOverview: Mary Ann Wright (July 11, 1921 – May 7, 2009), known as Mother Wright, was a humanitarian activist who lived and worked in Oakland, California and fed East Bay residents for almost 3 decades. She ...Date of birth: 11 July 1921Date of death: 7 May 2009Age: 87 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Activist 0
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Pat Parker
American writer
Overview: Pat Parker (January 20, 1944 – June 17, 1989) was an American poet and activist. Both her poetry and her activism drew from her experiences as an African-American lesbian feminist. Her poetry spoke ...Date of birth: 20 January 1944Date of death: 19 June 1989Age: 45 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActivistGender: Female 0
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C. L. Dellums
American labor activist
Overview: Cottrell Laurence Dellums (January 3, 1900 – December 6, 1989) was an American labor activist and one of the organizers and leaders of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters.Date of birth: 3 January 1900Date of death: 6 December 1989Age: 89 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: Activist 0
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Fred Korematsu
Japanese-American interned during World War II
Overview: Fred Toyosaburo Korematsu (January 30, 1919 – March 30, 2005) was an American civil rights activist who objected to the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II. Shortly after the Imperial ...Date of birth: 30 January 1919Date of death: 30 March 2005Age: 86 (age at death)Nationality: AmericanOccupation: ActivistGender: Male 0
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