Aptheker is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Bettina Aptheker
Bettina Fay Aptheker (born September 13, 1944) is an American political activist, radical feminist, professor and author. Aptheker was active in civil rights and anti-war movements of the 1960s and 1970s, and has since worked in developing femini ...
(born 1944), American political activist, radical feminist, professor and author
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Herbert Aptheker
Herbert Aptheker (July 31, 1915 – March 17, 2003) was an American Marxist historian and political activist. He wrote more than 50 books, mostly in the fields of African-American history and general U.S. history, most notably, ''American Negro ...
(1915–2003), American Marxist historian and political activist
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Aptheker v. Secretary of State, US Supreme Court case
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