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Michael Andrew Fox (born 9 June 1961)

Harvey Milk, May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978.

George Clooney  -  b. May 6, 1961

Jane Jacobs (1916-2006) was an American-Canadian author, journalist and activist. She was particularly influential in urban studies, and her 1961 book The Death and Life of Great American Cities argued that urban renewal did not respect the needs of the citizens.

She fought to prevent so-called ‘slum clearances’ in Greenwich Village, New York, where entire blocks would have been demolished and replaced with high rises. Her influence is proven by her introduction of sociological concepts such as “social capital” and “eyes on the street” in urban studies. A medal in her name was established in 2007 for individuals who bring significant contributions to urban design.

Jane Jacobs  -  b. May 4, 1916  -  d. April 25, 2006

Pete Seeger (3 May 1919 – 27 January 2014)

Michael Moore  -  b. April 23, 1954

Happy 55th, Cynthia Nixon.

Paul Robeson  -  b. April 9, 1898  -  d. Jan. 23, 1976

Muhammad Ali, New York, Photo by Annie Leibovitz, 1996

Muhammad Ali  -  b. Jan. 17, 1942  -  d. June 3, 2016

Susan Sontag (born Susan Rosenblatt, 16 January 1933 – 28 December 2004)

Happy Birthday, Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)

MLK with his wife Coretta after leaving court in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 22, 1956.

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“I am too intelligent, too demanding, and too resourceful for anyone to be able to take charge of me entirely. No one knows me or loves me completely. I have only myself” Simone de Beauvoir

Simone de Beauvoir  -  b. Jan. 9, 1908  -  d. April 14, 1986

“What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn’t see Negroes hanging from its branches.”

Happy Birthday, Jean Genet (1910-1986)

Jean Genet -  b. Dec. 19, 1910 -  d. April 18, 1986 ( 110 years years )

"It is certain, in any case, that ignorance, allied with power, is the most ferocious enemy justice can have."

- James Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) 

Cesar Chaves, Thank You!

#CesarChavezDay

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Cesar Chaves  -  born  March 31, 1927  -  d.  April 23, 1993

Nancy Cunard  by Curtis Moffat, 1926.

Nancy Clara Cunard (10 March 1896 – 17 March 1965) was a writer, heiress and political activist. She was born into the British upper class and devoted much of her life to fighting racism and fascism. She became a muse to some of the 20th century’s most distinguished writers and artists, including Wyndham Lewis, Aldous Huxley, Tristan Tzara, Ezra Pound and Louis Aragon, who were among her lovers, Ernest Hemingway, James Joyce, Constantin Brâncuși, Langston Hughes, Man Ray, and William Carlos Williams.

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