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The philosopher Baruch Spinoza’s commitment to free thought and reason is sorely needed in our time of demagogues and dogma.

He popularized the term “institutional racism" and, with Stokely Carmichael, wrote a book in 1967 that was seen as a radical manifesto.

She created one of the world’s best-known characters for children, and fought to have the book published, but she never sought celebrity status.