Sean Patrick Maloney speaking in front of the House of Representatives in a suit, with a microphone and sign that says, "Representative Maloney"
Speech:

Statement on Religious Liberty and LGBTQ+ Adoption

Speaker:

Sean Patrick Maloney

2001 - present / Gender Equity, Human Rights, and LGBTQ+ Activism
Rep. Sean Patrick Maloney (1966–) began his political career working on Bill Clinton’s 1992 and 1996 presidential campaigns. In Clinton’s second term, Maloney served as a senior West Wing adviser—known as the “highest ranking openly homosexual man on the White House staff.” After the Clinton administration, he worked in the corporate and legal worlds, returning…  Read more.
Color portrait of Yelena Bonner in glasses looking off to the right
Speech:

Speech Before the Congress of the United States

Speaker:

Yelena Bonner

1981 - 2000 / Human Rights
Elena Giorgiovna Bonner, also referred to as Yelena, was a human rights activist. Although journalists often referred to her as the wife of the renowned scientist and Soviet dissident, Andrei Sakharov, Bonner’s commitment to activism did not begin with their marriage. From her service in World War II until her death in 2011, Bonner was…  Read more.
Clovis Maksoud in 1997 being interviewed with glasses and a suit, in front of a door that says "Al Hayat Publishing Co., 1185"; black and white photo
Speech:

Perspectives on Lebanon

Speaker:

Clovis Maksoud

1961 - 1980 / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism and Human Rights
Born in Bristow, Oklahoma, in 1926 to Christian Lebanese parents, Clovis Maksoud (كلوفيس مقصود) moved with his family to Beirut as a teenager. Maksoud was educated at the elite International School of Choueifat and the American University of Beirut before he returned to the United States to study law at George Washington University. He later…  Read more.