User:Kingsif/List of politicians, activists, and soldiers depicted in The American Library (2018)
People notable for public service or activism whose names are depicted on books of, and lives are profiled as part of, Yinka Shonibare's The American Library installation art.[1] The artwork features 3,200 people who are immigrants, or descendants of recent immigrants, to the United States, or migrants of the Great Migration, and who have significantly contributed to American culture. Many of these people have overcome discrimination, and/or have worked with a focus on the topic of immigration. Some have anti-immigration views.
| Name | Image | Country of birth | Country/ies of origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huma Abedin | .jpg)
|
United States | India present-day Pakistan |
| Ali Abunimah | 
|
United States | Israel/Palestine |
| Bella Abzug | 
|
United States | Russia |
| Dean Acheson | .jpg)
|
United States | United Kingdom |
| Oscar "Zeta" Acosta | 
|
United States | Mexico |
| Felix Adler | 
|
Germany | |
| Luis A. Aguilar | 
|
Cuba | |
| Madeleine Albright | 
|
Czech Republic | |
| Saul Alinsky | 
|
United States | Russia |
| Jake Allex | 
|
present-day Kosovo | |
| Gloria Allred | 
|
United States | United Kingdom |
| Albert Jean Amateau | Turkey | ||
| Victor Anfuso | 
|
Italy | |
| Dennis Apuan | Philippines | ||
| Semhar Araia | 
|
United States | Eritrea |
| Faye Armitage | Colombia | ||
| Joe Arpaio | 
|
United States | Italy |
| Carlos Arredondo | 
|
Costa Rica | |
| Chester A. Arthur | .jpg)
|
United States | United Kingdom |
| Mubarak Awad | Palestine | ||
| Michele Bachmann | 
|
United States | |
| Ella Baker | United States | United States (Virginia) | |
| Steve Bannon | 
|
United States | |
| Lou Barletta | United States | Italy | |
| Joe Barton | United States | ||
| Frank J. Battisti | United States | Italy | |
| Abraham Beame | United Kingdom | ||
| Mary Beck | United States | Ukraine | |
| Roy Beck | United States | ||
| Helen Delich Bentley | United States | Serbia | |
| Alexander Berkman | present-day Lithuania | ||
| John Bigler | United States | ||
| Brian Bilbray | United States | ||
| Gus Bilirakis | United States | Greece | |
| Jacob Billikopf | present-day Lithuania | ||
| Elizabeth Birch | United States | Canada | |
| Rob Bishop | United States | ||
| Diane Black | United States | ||
| Michael Blumenthal | Germany | ||
| Grace Lee Boggs | United States | China | |
| Mary A. Bomar | United Kingdom | ||
| Langhorne Bond | China | ||
| Rudy Boschwitz | Germany | ||
| Tom Bradley | United States | United States (Texas) | |
| Louis Brandeis | United States | present-day Czech Republic | |
| William J. Brennan Jr. | United States | Ireland | |
| Jan Brewer | United States | Norway | |
| Alec Brook-Krasny | Russia | ||
| Heather Brooke | United States | United Kingdom | |
| Cora Brown | United States | United States (Alabama) | |
| Lee P. Brown | United States | ||
| Zbigniew Brzezinski | Poland | Poland | |
| Michael C. Burgess | United States | Canada | |
| Arthur F. Burns | Ukraine | ||
| Sala Burton | Poland | ||
| Pierce Butler | United States | Ireland | |
| Ayaan Hirsi Ali | 
|
Somalia | |
| Constance Baker Motley | 
|
United States | Saint Kitts and Nevis |
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References edit
- ^ "The American Library: Names". The American Library. Retrieved 2021-08-21.