Ramsey Clark

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American lawyer and peace activist (1927-2021)

United States PoliticiansLived 1927 to 2021 · aged 93

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Photos 5

Attorney General Clark and President Lyndon B. Johnson in 1967

Clark in 1975

Ramsey Clark speaks to the anti-war protest in Washington, D.C., on March 20, 2010.

Ramsey Clark visiting Nandigram, India, November 2007

Awards 4

2008United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

1992Gandhi Peace Award

1970The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism

Sretenje Order

In their orbit 1

FatherThomas Campbell Clark

Connected to Ramsey 6

Mehriban AlievaAlso won Sretenje Order

Dorothy DayAlso won Gandhi Peace Award

Jane JacobsAlso won The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism

Taha HusseinAlso won United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

Baba AmteAlso won United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights

William L. ShirerAlso won The Hillman Prize for Book Journalism

About this person

William Ramsey Clark was an American lawyer, activist, and federal government official. A progressive, New Frontier liberal, he occupied senior positions in the United States Department of Justice under Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson, serving as United States Attorney General from 1967 to 1969; previously, he was Deputy Attorney General from 1965 to 1967 and Assistant Attorney General from 1961 to 1965.

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