swap_horiz Oliver Tambo Alternatives

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Desmond Tutu

Desmond Tutu was a South African Anglican archbishop and a leading religious voice against apartheid, the system of enfo...

20TH Century Nonviolent Religious South African

9.20 Excellent

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Mahatma Gandhi

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, widely known as Mahatma Gandhi, was a major leader of India's struggle for independence from...

India Organizer 20TH Century Nonviolent

9.00 Excellent

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Walter Sisulu

Walter Sisulu was a pivotal figure in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement. As an organizer within the African Nationa...

Organizer ANC 20TH Century South African

8.36 Great

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Ahmed Kathrada

Ahmed Kathrada was a key figure in South Africa’s anti-apartheid movement. He served as an African National Congress (AN...

ANC 20TH Century South African Anti Apartheid

8.22 Great

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Steve Biko

Stephen Bantu Biko was a prominent South African anti-apartheid activist and intellectual. In 1968, he co-founded the So...

South Africa Activist 20TH Century Anti Apartheid

7.95 Good

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Emma Goldman

Emma Goldman was a Russian-born anarchist writer, lecturer, and organizer who became a prominent figure in radical polit...

USA Organizer 20TH Century Writer

7.53 Good

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Chris Hani

Chris Hani was a South African anti-apartheid activist, communist, and military leader. He served as chief of staff of U...

South Africa ANC 20TH Century Anti Apartheid

7.53 Good

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Fred Hampton

Fred Hampton was an African American activist and chairman of the Illinois chapter of the Black Panther Party during the...

USA Organizer 20TH Century Black Panther

7.42 Good

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Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak was an Indian nationalist, teacher, and independence activist who emerged as a prominent leader in t...

India Organizer 20TH Century Independence

7.14 Good

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Huey P. Newton

Huey P. Newton was an American political activist who co-founded the Black Panther Party with Bobby Seale in Oakland, Ca...

USA Organizer 20TH Century Black Panther

6.86 Fair

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Errico Malatesta

Errico Malatesta was an Italian anarchist writer, organizer, and revolutionary whose political activity extended across...

Organizer Italy 20TH Century Anarchist

6.83 Fair

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Frank País

Frank País García was a Cuban revolutionary organizer and a leading member of the July 26 Movement, directing its urban...

Organizer Cuban 20TH Century Urban

6.79 Fair

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Farabundo Martí

Farabundo Martí was a Salvadoran Marxist-Leninist revolutionary and labor organizer who became a central figure in early...

Organizer 20TH Century Uprising El Salvador

6.77 Fair

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Kim Gu

Kim Gu was a prominent Korean independence activist and politician who served as the president of the Korean Provisional...

Organizer 20TH Century Korea Independence

6.75 Fair

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Celia Sánchez

Celia Sánchez (1920–1980) was a Cuban revolutionary who assisted the July 26 Movement by organizing supplies and logisti...

Organizer Cuban 20TH Century Cuba

6.73 Fair

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Karl Liebknecht

Karl Liebknecht was a German socialist, lawyer, and antiwar politician who opposed the First World War from the German l...

Germany Organizer 20TH Century Marxist

6.70 Fair

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Haydée Santamaría

Haydée Santamaría (1922-1980) was a Cuban revolutionary and cultural organizer. She took part in the 1953 attack on the...

Organizer Cuban 20TH Century Cuba

6.55 Fair

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Chandrashekhar Azad

Chandrashekhar Azad was an Indian revolutionary active in the independence movement against British rule. He became a le...

India Organizer 20TH Century Independence

6.46 Fair

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Surya Sen

Surya Sen was a Bengali revolutionary and schoolteacher who led the Chittagong armoury raid in British India on 18 April...

India Organizer 20TH Century Independence

6.24 Fair

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936-2018) was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist who became a prominent...

ANC 20TH Century Resistance Anti Apartheid

6.18 Fair