Political activists have the courage to actively fight for political change. Commonly, they fight in the name of civil rights. Hence, fight against the oppression of the system, for equality, for lawfulness, and for equity.
Andrey Sakharov
Andrey Dmitriyevich Sakharov was born on May 21st, 1921, in Moscow in the Soviet Union. The family was a member of the intelligence. Besides, the...
Eleanor Roosevelt
Anna Eleanor Roosevelt was born on October 11th, 1884, in New York, USA. Her father, Elliot, was the younger brother of the 26th president of the...
Harriet Tubman
Harriet Tubman, née Araminta Ross , was born around the year 1820 into slavery in Maryland. On the plantation, her mother was a cook, and her ...
Kate Sheppard
Kate Sheppard (birth name Catherine Wilson Malcolm) was born in Liverpool, England, on March 10th, 1847, to Scottish parents. Her parents gave her...
Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo was born on December 28th, 1955, in Changchun, China. The family was of intellectuals as both his parents were teachers. After he graduated...
Mahatma Gandhi
Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi is commonly known as Mahatma Gandhi. He was born on October 2nd, 1869, in Porbandar in western India. Back then, it was...
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King junior was born on January 15th, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. Both his father and grandfather were pastors in a baptist church...
Robert Baden-Powell
Robert Baden-Powell was born on February 22nd, 1857, in London. His father was a professor of geometry at Oxford University and a priest in the Church...
Rosa Parks
Rosa Louise Parks (neé McCauley) was born on February 4th, 1913, in Tuskegee, Alabama. When she was just two years old, her parents divorced. Rosa ...