Celebrating Reverend Martin Luther King Jr’s Legacy, Part 5

Martin Luther King Jr, at a press conference / World Telegram & Sun photo by Walter Albertin, 8 June 1964. No known copyright restrictions

By Kathie Malley-Morrison & Anthony J. Marsella

One Hundred Living Peace Advocates & Activists: The second 50 nominations

Here is the rest of our list of 100 nominees for the MLK Peace & Social Justice Activist Team.  The qualities for which we were looking when assembling the list are the qualities that we view as inherent in peace: freedom, commitment, sacrifice, nonviolence, courage, justice, and integrity. The level of each quality varies across nominees, whose background, experiences, goals, successes, and failures also vary, of course. But they are all strivers — strivers for peace and justice. Please send us your views on our nominations and your own suggestions for who should be on the list.

 

  1. Knox: Michael Knox 
  2. Kohler: Robert Kohler  
  3. Kohls: Gary G. Kohls 
  4. Lakey: George Lakey
  5. Leonard: Annie Leonard 
  6. Lerner: Rabbi Michael Lerner
  7. Lifton:  J. Robert Lifton
  8. Lindorff: David Lindorff
  9. Manning: Chelsea Manning
  10. McCoy: Alfred McCoy
  11. McGovern: Ray McGovern 
  12.  Maguire: Mairead McGuire  
  13. Menchu: Rigoberto Menchu 
  14. Miles: Stephen Miles
  15. Monbiot: George Monbiot 
  16. Nader: Ralph Nader
  17. Oberg: Jan Oberg 
  18. Okon: Emen Okon  
  19. Ono: Yoko Ono
  20. Peled: Miko Peled
  21. Petras: James Petras
  22. Pilger: John Pilger
  23. Pilisuk: Marc Pilisuk  
  24. Qumsiyeh: Mazin Qumsiyeh
  25. Ragbir: Ravi Ragbir 
  26. Reich: Robert Reich
  27. Risen: James Risen 
  28. Roberts: Paul Craig Roberts 
  29. Roy: Arundhati Roy 
  30. SatyarthriKailash Satyarthi 
  31. Sharpton: Rev. Al Sharpton 
  32. Sheehan: Cindy Sheehan
  33. Shoman: Samia Shoman 
  34. Soetoro-Ng: Maya Soetoro 
  35. Staub: Ervin Staub  
  36. Swanson: David Swanson
  37. Taibibi: Matt Taibibi 
  38. Tamimi: Ahed Tamimi 
  39. Thich: Thích Nhất Hạnh 
  40. Trask: Haunani-Kay Trask 
  41. Turse: Nick Turse  
  42. Tutu: Desmond Tutu 
  43. Vandeman: Mike Vandeman 
  44. Walsh: Dot Walsh
  45. Weir: Alice Weir 
  46. Whitehead: John W. Whitehead
  47. West: Cornel West 
  48. Wilkerson: Colonel Larry Wilkerson
  49. Williams: Jody Williams 
  50. Yousafzai: Malala Yousafzai