Here we will remember those who fought for justice at the University of Maryland but who have died.
Please send us any information you have on our brothers and sisters who
have passed away. Please feel free to correct any errors of fact or
send us photos and more information.
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Alan Goldstein |
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Alan Goldstein was an attorney who defended UM activists |
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Beth Williams |
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Beth Williams was active in the Viet Nam Moratorium Committee and was known for her good nature and undefeatable happiness.
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Bill Gerson |
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Bill Gerson was a leader of the Students for a Democratic Society at the University of Maryland in the 1960's.
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Bob Mackowsky |
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Bob Mackowsky joined the University of Maryland Students for a Democratic Society in 1967.
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Bob Wade |
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Bob Wade was a member of the University of Maryland Students for a Democratic Society.
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Donald Gaines Murray |
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With the help of Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP, Donald Gaines Murray gained admission to the then segregated University of Maryland Law School. |
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Gary Simpson |
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Gary Simpson was a human rights lawyer who made his services available to UM political activists. |
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John Blassingame |
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Along with Mary Frances Berry, John Blassingame helped to found the
University of Maryland African-American Studies Department. |
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Judi Bari |
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Judi Bari was active at the University of Maryland during the early 1970's. |
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Mike Green |
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Mike Green was the Student Government Association secretary in the early 1970's.
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Phil Ackerman |
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Phil Ackerman was a member of the University of Maryland Students for a Democratic Society in the 1960's. |
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Sammie Abdullah Abbott |
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Sammie Abbott helped design the classic Radical Guide to the
University of Maryland and freely shared his professional knowledge of
graphic design to UM activists. |
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Thurgood Marshall |
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Thurgood Marshall was denied entrance to the University of Maryland
in 1930. He later helped Donald Murray's legal challenge to UM's Jim
Crow admissions policies in 1935. |
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Tom Barrett |
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Tom Barrett was a carpenter at the University of Maryland and a hero to AFSCME Local 1072 because of his militant pursuit of workplace health and safety. Tom died of work-related asbestosis.
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Vivian Simpson |
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As a student, Vivian Simpson challenged gender discrimination and
sexual harassement at the University of Maryland in the 1920's. She was
eventually thrown out of school after a lengthy court battle. |
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Walter Penney |
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Walter Penney was active at the University of Maryland in the early 1970's.
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