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Georg Olden
Gender, Equality, Race:

Georg Olden made a historic postage stamp to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation, he also had major social impact and great influence to other black American graphic designers at the time.

Olden started a class-action lawsuit against McCann Erickson for discrimination on behalf of himself and other black designers who were victims of discrimination, but was shot to death by a live-in girlfriend who was arrested and tried a few days before the class action lawsuit was scheduled to begin.

Source: SCHWARTE, ADRIENNE. "THE RAPID EXPANSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY IN GRAPHIC DESIGN IN THE UNITED STATES IN THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY: A DECADE OF CHANGE FROM THE GROUND UP."