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Allen Ginsberg

1926-1997

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Allen Ginsberg
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Barbara Jordan

1936-1996

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Barbara Jordan
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Frederick Douglass

1818-1895

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Frederick Douglass
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James Baldwin

1924-1987

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James Baldwin
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Martin Luther King Jr.

1929-1968

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Martin Luther King Jr.
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Muhummad Ali

1942-2016

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Muhummad Ali
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Pete Seeger

1919-2014

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Pete Seeger
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Robert F. Kennedy

1925-1968

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Robert F. Kennedy
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg

1933-2020

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg