Profiles in humanity : the battle for peace, freedom, equality, and human rights /

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"This book tells the inspirational stories of men and women across the globe who fought for peace, freedom, equality; and human rights throughout the twentieth century. These courageous individuals include leading figures such as Mahatma Gandhi, Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt, Martin Luther Kin...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Cohen, Warren I.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, ©2009.
Temas:
1900-1999
Political activists > Biography.
Civil rights workers > Biography.
Human rights workers > Biography.
Pacifists > Biography.
Religious leaders > Biography.
History, Modern > 20th century.
Activistes > Biographies.
Défenseurs des droits de l'homme > Biographies.
Pacifistes > Biographies.
Chefs religieux > Biographies.
Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Peace.
Civil rights workers
History, Modern
Human rights workers
Pacifists
Political activists
Religious leaders
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Mahatma Gandhi and nonviolent resistance
  • Václav Havel and the power of the powerless
  • Aung San Suu Kyi, martyr for democracy
  • Margaret Sanger and the liberation of women
  • Muslim feminists
  • Jack Greenberg and the NAACP-Legal Defense Fund
  • Martin Luther King, Jr., and the struggle for racial equality
  • Donald Woods, Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman and the fight against apartheid
  • Nelson Mandela : grace in victory
  • Holocaust rescuers
  • Pope John XXIII and Catholic humanism
  • Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Sakharov, and human rights in Europe
  • Liu Binyan : the quest for truth and justice in China
  • Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt and the welfare state
  • Muhammad Yunus, microfinance, and an end to poverty.

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