Civil Rights, Advocacy
- Angelou, Maya
- Apess, William
- Bálint, Lea
- Bates, Daisy
- Batley, Robert Thompson (under Honorific Adoption)
- Bird, A. John
- Brady, John Green
- Brown, Leslie Calvin
- Brown, Rita Mae
- Burnum, Burnum
- Casement, Roger David
- Clare, Monica
- Coolidge, Sherman
- Coombs, Herbert Cole (under Honorific Adoption)
- Crawford, Christina
- Cugoano, Ottobah
- Dodson, Michael
- Dodson, Patrick
- Douglas, Catherine
- Douglass, Frederick
- Elder, Lonne III
- Equiano, Olaudah
- Fisher, Florence Anna
- Garrison, William Lloyd
- Iti, Tame
- Jackson, Jesse
- Johnson, Nkosi
- Jones, David Ivon
- Langston, John Mercer
- Li Lu
- Lifton, Betty Jean
- Mabo, Edward Koiki
- Mahuta, Robert Te Kotahitanga a Koroki
- Mills, Billy
- Montezuma, Carlos
- Perkins, Charles
- Quinn, Phil
- Roosevelt, Eleanor
- Sainte-Marie, Buffy
- Salter, Shane
- Simon, Ella
- Stewart, Albert Oliphant
- Sykes, Annette
- Tonore, Airini
- Vanunu, Mordechai
- Walker, C.J.
- Whitbread, Fatima
- White, Eartha Mary Magdalene
- Whitehead, Phillip
- X, Malcolm
Casement, Roger David
Casement was born into a mixed-religion family near Dublin. While the children were young the family lived in Ireland (then still under British control), France, Italy and Jersey, but his m... [more]
Clare, Monica
Clare was born in Dareel, Queensland, to an English mother and an Aboriginal shearer, Beatrice Scott and Ron McGowan. Her mother died in childbirth when she was seven years old and she and ... [more]
Coolidge, Sherman
Runs On Top was born in Wyoming. His father was killed by Bannock Indians when he was seven, and in 1870 he and his brother were kidnapped by Bannocks and Shoshones and turned over to white... [more]
Coombs, Herbert Cole (under Honorific Adoption)
It is not unusual for adults to be adopted as honorary members of a family, clan or tribe. There are two main types. One is the publicity-stunt adoption of politicians, usually western l... [more]
Crawford, Christina
Crawford is the adopted daughter of the American movie star Joan Crawford. According to her biography of her mother, made into a movie in 1981, her childhood was bizarre, abusive and unhapp... [more]
Cugoano, Ottobah
An Igbo born in Ghana, Cugoano was captured by slavers when about 13 and shipped to Grenada in the Caribbean. In 1772 he was brought to England by a new owner and freed. He took the name Jo... [more]
Dodson, Michael
Michael Dodson, brother of Patrick , was born in Katherine, Australia. His parents died in 1960 and he was sent to Monivae College, Hamilton, with his brother to be educated. He then stud... [more]
Dodson, Patrick
According to the account given in chapters 11-13 of Chatwin's The Songlines, Dodson (called Dan Flynn by Chatwin) was a foundling, left in a store at Fitzroy Crossing, Western Australia, by... [more]
Douglas, Catherine
Douglas was born in Shannon, Ireland, orphaned as a young girl and then raised in a convent in Dublin. When she was 20 she emigrated to New Zealand, joining an uncle who was already living ... [more]
Douglass, Frederick
Douglass was born in Maryland to a slave woman and named Frederick Augustus Washington Bailey; his father was white - quite possibly his mother's owner (a common practice). As a young child... [more]
