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Alice Paul
American women's rights leader Alice Paul toasting a suffrage flag in 1920, shortly...
Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. (neg. no. LC-USZ62-20176)
Mahatma Gandhi and Sarojini Naidu on the Salt March, 1930
The Salt March, one of the most important developments of the Indian Independence...
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Bobby Sands
During his fatal hunger strike in 1981, the Irish Republican Army (IRA) activist...
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Bobby Sands's funeral procession
Masked members of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) escorting the coffin of hunger...
Robert Dear—AP/Shutterstock.com
Cesar Chavez
American farmworker leader Cesar Chavez speaking at Boston University in 1990, stressing...
© Elise Amendola—AP/REX/Shutterstock.com
Alexei Navalny
Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny during his election campaign for mayor of...
Nikolay Vinokurov/Alamy