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Anténor Firmin
1850-1911 · Haiti
Joseph Auguste Anténor Firmin was a Haitian lawyer, politician, and pioneering anthropologist. He may be the first Black anthropologist in history. He was born on…
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"All human beings are endowed with the same qualities and the same faults, without distinction of colour or anatomical form.…"
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Cicero
106-43 BCE · Roman Republic (Italy)
Marcus Tullius Cicero was a Roman lawyer, statesman, philosopher, and writer. He is one of the most influential figures in the history of Western law…
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"The safety of the people shall be the highest law."
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Hugo Grotius
1583-1645 · Dutch Republic (Netherlands)
Hugo Grotius was a Dutch jurist, philosopher, and diplomat. He is often called the father of international law. He was born on 10 April 1583…
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"I observed in the whole Christian world a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush."
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Kimberlé Crenshaw
1959-present · United States
Kimberlé Williams Crenshaw is an American legal scholar and civil rights lawyer. She is one of the most influential thinkers on race, gender, and the…
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"The intersectional experience is greater than the sum of racism and sexism."
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Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.
1841-1935 · United States
Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. (1841-1935) was an American jurist, legal philosopher, and Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He was born in Boston,…
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"The life of the law has not been logic; it has been experience."
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Ruth Bader Ginsburg
1933-2020 · United States
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was an American lawyer and Supreme Court Justice. She is widely seen as one of the most important legal advocates for gender…
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"Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time."
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Thurgood Marshall
1908-1993 · United States
Thurgood Marshall was an American civil rights lawyer and the first Black Justice of the United States Supreme Court. He spent his life using the…
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"In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute."
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