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If you encounter any problems accessing the databases and websites below, please contact Ms. Pierre at cdominiquepierre@bbns.org

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Login information for databases with restricted access many be found here. 

Keywords

  • Activist; Activism; Social Reformer; Change Maker

General Information

Please use the following databases to BEGIN your research about the activists and artivists below. The resources below are a great starting point. Please feel free to expand your research with more resources, if you like.  Click here for database login and passwords.

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Gale: Biography in Context

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Britannica Online School Edition

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Gale: Middle School

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Activists

  • Alexandria Ocasia Cortez (AOC)

  • John Lewis

  • Huey Newton

  • Ruth Bader Ginsburg (RBG)

  • Malala Yousafzai

  • Greta Thunberg

  • Edith Windsor

  • Laverne Cox

  • Alicia Garza

  • Patrisse Cullors

  • Opal Tometi

  • Lena Waithe

  • Bayard Rustin

  • Ed Roberts

  • Thurgood Marshall

  • Angela Davis

  • Trevor Noah

  • Fred Korematsu

  • Bryan A. Stevenson

  • Kwame Onwuachi

  • Tarana Burke

Visual Artists

  • Jean-Michel Basquiat

  • Bansky

  • Keith Haring

  • Barbara Kruger

Dramatists

  • Augusto Boal

  • Anna Deavere Smith

  • Vaclav Havel

Sculptor/Potters
Atheletes
Singer/Songwriters

  • Odetta Holmes

  • Joshua Daniel White (Josh White--Born 1914)

  • Bob Dylan

  • Joan Baez

  • Paul Robeson

  • Lizzo

  • Abby Wambach

  • Megan Rapinoe

  • Colin Kaepernick

  • LeBron James

  • Patrick Mahomes

  • Naomi Osaka

  • Simone Biles

  • Michael Sam

  • Tommie Smith

  • Bill Russell

  • Jackie Robinson

  • Althea Gibson

  • Arthur Ashe

LGBTQ+ Activitsts
Disability Activists

  • Jazz Jennings

  • Harvey Milk

Activitsts Continued...

Please use the following databases to guide your research about the activists and artivists below. Click here for database login and passwords.

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Gale: Biography in Context

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Britannica Online School Edition

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Gale: Middle School

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Poets/Spoken Word Artists
Scientists
General Information

The activists/artivists in this section will not be found in our databases. Please use the links accompanied by each individual to BEGIN your research.  The resources below are a great starting point. Please feel free to expand your research with more resources, if you like.

Activists
Visual Artists

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Disability Activists
Sculptor/Potters
Theatre/Film/TV
Atheletes
Political Activitsts
LGBTQIA+ Activitsts
Environmentalist & Climate Activist
Singer/Songwriters
Scientists
Poets/Spoken Word Artists
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