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Justice League - Top 20 United States

Since there are only twelve members of the Fall of Fame, but many people making good trouble around the globe, the Good Trouble Makers Justice League is meant to acknowledge those other individuals affecting positive change through peaceful actions. This is our inaugural list of the Top 20 United States Good Trouble Makers from the past and present.

Top 20 United States
Good Trouble Makers Past and Present

Ida B. Wells - Anti-lynching journalist

Journalist who exposed the terror of lynching and fought for civil rights.

Bayard Rustin - Architect of the March on Washington

Strategic mind behind the March on Washington and champion of nonviolence.

Sojourner Truth — Abolitionist & women’s rights orator

Formerly enslaved woman who declared, “Ain’t I a Woman?” and demanded equality.

Dorothy Day — Catholic Worker Movement co-founder

Co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement, living solidarity with the poor.

César Chávez — Farmworker labor leader

Farmworker who organized labor to secure dignity and justice in the fields.

Dolores Huerta — “Sí, se puede” co-founder of UFW

Co-founder of the UFW and fearless advocate for workers’ and women’s rights.

Eugene V. Debs — Labor organizer & anti-war advocate

Labor leader who went to jail for opposing war and fighting for workers.

Fannie Lou Hamer — Voting rights hero (“sick and tired…”)

Sharecropper-turned-activist who demanded voting rights in Mississippi.

Emma Goldman — Free speech & feminist firebrand

Fiery anarchist who challenged authority, patriarchy, and injustice.

Harvey Milk — Trailblazing LGBTQ+ elected official

First openly gay elected official who gave hope to LGBTQ+ communities.

Angela Davis — Scholar & prison abolitionist

Scholar-activist who stood against racism, patriarchy, and mass incarceration.

Ella Baker — Grassroots organizing strategist (SNCC)

Organizer who built grassroots movements and mentored a generation of activists.

Thurgood Marshall — Civil rights litigator; first Black SCOTUS justice

Civil rights lawyer who became the first Black Supreme Court justice.

Ralph Nader — Consumer safety crusader

Consumer advocate who redefined corporate accountability and safety.

Gloria Steinem — Feminist organizer & writer

Feminist leader who made women’s liberation a national cause.

Rachel Carson — Sparked modern environmental movement

Biologist whose book Silent Spring launched the modern environmental movement.

Howard Zinn — People’s historian

Historian who told America’s story from the people’s perspective.

Fred Korematsu — Challenged Japanese American incarceration

Defied Japanese internment orders and became a lifelong defender of civil liberties.

Marsha P. Johnson — Stonewall-era trans activist

Transgender activist who helped spark the Stonewall uprising and fought for LGBTQ+ rights.

Colin Kaepernick — Athlete protesting police brutality

Athlete who risked his career by taking a knee against racial injustice.

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