Yale Activist
by Sylviastel | created - 04 Sep 2014 | updated - 04 Sep 2014 | PublicLeonard Bacon (BA 1820) abolitionist
Cassius Marcellus Clay (BA 1832) abolitioniist.
Jeremiah Evarts (BA 1802) author, editor, activist, opponent of het Indian Removal Act of 1830.
Y.C. James Yen (BA 1918, honorary MA 1928) founder of the Chinese Mass Education Movement & Rural Reconstruction Movement.
Aditi Banerjee; attorney, writer and Hindu rights activist in the USA.
1. William Sloane Coffin
Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements
William Sloane Coffin was born on June 1, 1924 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements (1985), Praying with My Legs (in post-production) and Splendor and Wisdom (2008). He was married to Harriet Gibney, Eva Rubinstein, Virginia Wilson, ...
BD 1956; Yale Chaplain 1958-1975; senior minister of Riverside Church in New York City; political & civil rights activist; author.
2. Severn Cullis-Suzuki
Actress | Wild Sounds of Canada
Severn Cullis-Suzuki is known for Wild Sounds of Canada (2020), Only a Child (2020) and Haida Gwaii: On the Edge of the World (2015).
BS 2002; environmental activist, speaker, television host, author, member of Kofi Annan's Special Advisory Council at the United Nations.
3. David Dellinger
Actor | Ethan Frome
David Dellinger was born on August 22, 1915 in Wakefield, Massachusetts, USA. He was an actor, known for Ethan Frome (1992), Ten for Two: The John Sinclair Freedom Rally (1972) and The Source (1999). He was married to Elizabeth Peterson. He died on May 25, 2004 in Montpelier, Vermont, USA.
BS 1936; member of the Chicago Seven, conscientious objector.
4. Barry Scheck
Editorial_department | COLR: The Court of Last Resort
Barry Scheck was born on September 19, 1949 in Queens, New York City, New York, USA. He is an actor, known for COLR: The Court of Last Resort, Shaken (2023) and O.J.: Made in America (2016).
BS 1971; co-founder of the Innocence Project.
5. Sargent Shriver
Self | Jack: The Last Kennedy Film
One of America's greatest unsung leaders. Sargent Shriver was not only George McGovern's running mate in the 1972 Presidential election, but also served at one time as the Ambassador to France (1968-1970). In addition, he was the first to head up the Peace Corps, served as the first director of the...
BA 1938, LLB 1941; main organizer & first director of the Peace Corps; husband of Eunice Kennedy; father of Maria Shriver & Bobby Shriver; former father-in-law of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
BD 1967; Ph.D. 1969; theologian, activist, President of Evangelicals for Social Action & Professor at Palmer Theological Seminary.
7. Jared Taylor
Self | For Right and Freedom
BA 1973; author, editor, activist, founder of the New Century Foundation.
BD 1961; Presbyterian minister, civil rights activist with C.O.R.E. killed during protest against segregated schools in Cleveland, Ohio.
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