Stephen Decatur High School Class of 1956 donated a seat from the Lincoln Square Theater to be displayed in the lobby as a fundraising effort to restore the theater.
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Here s a look at 50 celebrities with a history of protest from the 1960s to today.
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Celebrities with a history of protest
Despite calls for actors, athletes, musicians, and other celebrities to eschew activism to focus on entertainment, there is a long-standing precedent for famous people to leverage their platforms to enact change.
From Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier establishing themselves as leaders during the civil rights movement to Leonardo DiCaprio and Jane Fonda among many stars pushing for environmental protections and justice, hundreds if not thousands of celebrities in the last century have pushed the needle on a wide variety of causes. Todayâs celebrities commonly use their mantles to protest animal cruelty, police brutality, government surveillance, military action, environmental injustice, and civil rights among dozens of other causes.