American democracy activists

James Earl Carter Jr. was an American politician and humanitarian who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party, Carter served from 1971 to 1975 as the 76th governor of Georgia and from 1963 to 1967 in the Georgia State Senate. He lived longer than any other president in US history, reaching age 100.

American musician (1940–1993)

Mark Alan Ruffalo is an American actor and producer who began his career in the late 1980s and first gained recognition for his work in Kenneth Lonergan's play This Is Our Youth (1996) and drama film You Can Count on Me (2000). He went on to star in the romantic comedies 13 Going on 30 (2004) and Just like Heaven (2005), and the thrillers In the Cut (2003), Zodiac (2007), and Shutter Island (2010). He received a Tony Award nomination for his supporting role in the Broadway revival of Awake and Sing! in 2006. Ruffalo has gained international recognition for playing Bruce Banner / Hulk in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, beginning with the film The Avengers (2012).

Robert Reiner was an American filmmaker, actor, and political activist. He directed a series of acclaimed studio films in a career that spanned comedy, drama, romance, and documentary. Reiner received numerous accolades, including winning two Primetime Emmy Awards and a Hugo Award, as well as nominations for an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and nine Golden Globe Awards. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1999 and received the Chaplin Gala Tribute at the Film at Lincoln Center in 2014. Three of his films have been inducted into the National Film Registry.

Cuban-American singer (born 1957)

American actress (born 1972)

American rock musician

American actress (born 1979)

American lawyer and activist (born 1934)

American labor and political leader (1855–1926)

American journalist (1957-)

American feminist and journalist (born 1962)

American politician; United States Senator (1930-2021)

American playwright, performer, feminist, activist and artist (born 1953)

African-American civil rights and human rights activist (1903–1986)

American community organizer and writer (1909–1972)

American political activist and author

American civil rights activist (1917–1977)

American activist (1942–1996)

American sociologist and political scientist

American civil rights activist (1911–2015)

student activist movement, defunct

American activist (1939–2016)

American politician (born 1958)

American journalist

Russian-born writer and historian

American political activist (1910–2010)

non-profit, non-partisan advocacy group

Cuban-American lawyer, professor of procedural law, judge and presenter (born 1959)

American researcher and author

American political scientist

American activist (1902–1995)

American attorney, author, veteran, and politician

President of the National Endowment for Democracy

American politician, born 1962

American civil rights activist (1935–2021)

Venezuelan-Norwegian human rights activist

American politician (1869-1923)

American journalist

American political activist and photojournalist

American suffragist and politician (1882-1964)

American lawyer (1970-)

American civil rights activist (1908–1966)

American activist and former Black Panther captain

Korean-American missionary and activist

American political scientist (1948-)

American activist (1955-2020)

American politician in Illinois (born 1972)

American politician, lawyer, and activist (born 1965)

Progressive-aligned U.S. organization

American political activist

American academic and cultural critic (1933–2021)

American journalist and political activist

American political activist (1935-2011)

American environmentalist

Israeli spokesman

mother of Frank Sinatra (1896-1977)

American writer