Literary Library

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

Diana E. H. Russell

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1938 - July 28, 2020South African feminist writer and activistAuthor of "Sexual Exploitation", "Lives of Courage" and "Femicide in Glob...
Activist Feminist South African

Derrick Bell

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1930 - October 5, 2011African-American lawyer, professor, author and civil rights activistAuthor of "And We Are Not Saved", "Faces at ...
Activist African American African American History Attorney Civil Rights Harvard Harvard Law Harvard Law School Law Professor Lawyer Professor

Kenneth R. Timmerman

by Angela Beck
November 4, 1953 - American political and conservative activist and authorAuthor of "The Death Lobby: How the West Armed Iraq", "Preachers of Hate:...
Activist Conservative Conservative Activist Iran Iraq Islam Middle East Political Activist