Activism

People remembered for their work in activism. 6 people are remembered here. Light a candle, read their story, and add a memory of your own.

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  Martin Luther King Jr.

  1929 – 1968 · Baptist minister and civil rights leader

  The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.

  233 candles · 11 tributes
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  Rosa Parks

  1913 – 2005 · Civil rights activist

  I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free.

  228 candles · 14 tributes
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  Jesse Jackson

  1941 – 2026 · Baptist minister

  Civil rights leader who told America: I am somebody. Keep hope alive.

  197 candles · 24 tributes
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  John Lewis

  1940 – 2020 · Civil rights leader

  Apostle of nonviolence who made good trouble for justice.

  86 candles · 9 tributes
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  Jerome Smith

  1939 – 2026 · Civil rights activist

  Freedom Rider who mentored Treme children and demanded humanity be respected.

  79 candles · 7 tributes
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  Wanda Traczyk-Stawska

  1927 – 2026 · Warsaw Uprising Home Army gunner/liaison

  Warsaw Uprising soldier who taught courage, dignity, and the duty to answer evil at once.

  72 candles · 5 tributes