Literary Library

Es'kia Mphahlele

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1919 - October 27, 2008South African writer, educator, artist and activistAuthor of "The Wanderers" (for which he won the African Art...
Activist Africa African African Arts Magazine Apartheid Art Artist Arts Education Educator Nelson Mandela Nobel Prize Order of the Palm South Africa South African Southern Cross Teach Teacher Writer

Bob Paris

by Angela Beck
December 14, 1959 - American writer, actor, public speaker, civil rights activist and former professional body builderAuthor of "Natural Fitness: ...
Acting Activist Actor Body Builder Body Building Civil Rights Gay LGBTQ Public Speaker Speaker Writer

Richard Isay

by Angela Beck
December 13, 1934 - June 28, 2012American psychiatrist, psychoanalyst, professor, author and activistAuthor of "Being Homosexual: Gay Men and Their...
Activist Author Professor Psychiatrist Psychoanalyst Teach Teacher University

Subramania Bharati

by Angela Beck
December 11, 1882 - September 12, 1921Indian-born Tamil writer, poet, journalist, Indian-independance activist and social activistAuthor of "Panch...
Activist Hindu India Indian Journalism Journalist Krishna Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Critic Social Reform Tamil Writer

Sarah E. Wright

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1928 - September 13, 2009African-American writer, poet and social activistAuthor of "Give Me a Child", Black Art History: A Curriculum ...
Activist African American Poem Poems Poet Poetry Social Critic Writer

John Schlimm

by Angela Beck
December 1, 1971 - American author, activist, artist and educatorAuthor of "The Cheesy Vegan: More than 125 Plant-Based Recipes for Indulging in th...
Activist Animal Animal Rights Animal Rights Activist Animals Art Artist Arts Author Community Activist Cook Cookbook Cookbooks Dog Dogs Education Educator Plant Plant-Based Professor Recipes Vegan

Carlo Levi

by Angela Beck
November 29, 1902 - January 4, 1975Italian painter, writer, activist and doctorAuthor of "Christ Stopped at Eboli", "The Watch" and "Words as Ston...
Activist Art Artist Arts Author Communism Communist Doctor Italian Italy Medical Medicine Paint Painter Painting Physician

Jonathan Kozol

by Angela Beck
September 5, 1936 - American writer, academic and activistAuthor of "Death at an Early Age: The Destruction of the Hearts and Minds of Negro Child...
Academic Activist Author National Book Award School Teacher

Cleveland Amory

by Angela Beck
  September 2, 1917 - October 14, 1998American author, journalist and animal rights activistAuthor of "The Cat Who Came for Christmas", "The Cat a...
Activist Animal Animal Rights Animal Rights Activist Animals Author Cat Cats Christmas Journalist Kitty Kitty Cat

Leslie Feinberg

by Angela Beck
September 1, 1949 - November 15, 2014American writer and community activistAuthor of "Stone Butch Blues", "Trans Liberation: Beyond Pink or Blue" a...
Activist Community Activist Gay Lesbian LGBTQ Trans

Dennis Brutus

by Angela Beck
November 28, 1924 - December 26, 2009South African activist, educator, journalist and poetAuthor of "Letters to Martha: And Other Poems from a Sou...
Activist Africa African Educator Journalist Poet Poetry Political Activist South Africa South African

Rebecca Walker

by Angela Beck
November 17, 1969 - American writer, feminist and activistAuthor of "Black, White and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self", "Baby Love: Choos...
Activist Alice Walker Feminism Feminist