THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala on Thursday observed the 162nd birth anniversary of Mahatma Ayyankali, who fought against caste-based oppression and social inequality in the state, with Kerala Governor ...
(RNS) — Many Buddhists today trace their social justice activism to the work of BR Ambedkar, the Indian caste abolitionist who once led a mass conversion of Dalits, or lower caste, to Buddhism. (RNS) ...
Social reformer and pacifist Jane Addams was born Sept. 6, 1860, in Cedarville, Illinois. After graduating from Rockford Female Seminary in 1881, Addams left her native Illinois for Philadelphia where ...