Born a slave in Talbot, Maryland, Douglass later escaped to become a leading abolitionist. He once said, "Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob and degrade them, then neither persons nor property will be safe."

In 1954 Carson wrote, "The more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us, the less taste we shall have for destruction."

I've heard Chris O'Brien interviewed on the talk radio programs of Bob Kincaid and Jeff Farias. He has a wonderful project "Beeractivist.com" and this book where he talks about corporate versus microbreweries, organic ingredients and much else. O'Brien lives in Silver Springs.

Radical public intellectual Mills briefly taught at the University of Maryland-College Park.

Pulitzer Prize winning journalist Nelson is a visiting professor at the University of Maryland. She lives in Takoma Park.

Baltimore's Mount Vernon neighborhood has a worker-owned coffeehouse and bookstore named after the radical thinker, Emma Goldman. www.redemmas.org

Sinclair was born in Baltimore.

Legendary labor organizer Mother Jones lived part of her life in Silver Spring.

Speaker Pelosi was born in Baltimore. I heard right-wing elite radio host, Sean Hannity, making fun of Pelosi and this book.

Harriet Tubman, the "Moses" of slaves attempting to escape to freedom via the Underground Railroad, was born in Dorchester Country, MD. She said, "I started with this idea in my head - there's two things I've got a right to, and these are, Death or Liberty - one or the other I mean to have."

Herman Daly is a professor at the University of Maryland. He was recently featured in the documentary 'The Planet,' which aired on Link TV.

Poet Adrienne Rich was born in Baltimore.

Born in Baltimore.

Born in Baltimore.

Zappa was born in Baltimore. He once said, 'Politics is the entertainment arm of the military-industrial complex.'

DoHarris is a professor at Bowie State University.

Dewey received a degree from Johns Hopkins. This accessible book on Dewey's writings provides all sorts of insight into social change and democracy.

World-renown geographer has been a professor at Johns Hopkins.