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Profiles in Humanity
The Battle for Peace, Freedom, Equality, and Human Rights
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2009
Summary
This compelling book tells the inspirational stories of men and women 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 King Jr., Nelson Mandela, Václav Havel, and Mikhail Gorbachev, as well as Nobel Prize winners Aung San Suu Kyi, Andrei Sakharov, and Muhammad Yunus. Readers will be reminded why Pope John XXIII, long overshadowed by the charismatic John Paul II, was the greatest pope of contemporary times. A new generation will learn that Margaret Sanger was responsible for the single most important advance toward the liberation of women worldwide. They will also come to know some of the valiant women who fought at great personal risk for equal rights in Muslim communities. Cohen highlights the vital roles of Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman, and Donald Woods in fighting apartheid in South Africa and of Jack Greenberg in the struggle against Jim Crow in America. He traces Liu Binyan's efforts to win freedom of the press and to end the abuse of power by the Chinese Communist Party. Finally, he recounts the remarkable stories of some of the thousands of men and women of many nationalities and walks of life who rescued Jews during the Holocaust. Together, these biographies paint an unforgettable portrait of the famous and unsung people who stepped forward with the moral vision to intervene, often at great personal cost, to alleviate human misery.
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Copyright year
2009
ISBN-Print
978-0-7425-6701-6
ISBN-Online
978-0-7425-6703-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
262
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Contents No access
Acknowledgments No access
Introduction No access
Chapter 1. Mahatma Gandhi and Nonviolent Resistance No access
Chapter 2. Václav Havel and the Power of the Powerless No access
Chapter 3. Aung San Suu Kyi: Martyr for Democracy No access
Chapter 4. Margaret Sanger and the Liberation of Women No access
Chapter 5. Muslim Feminists No access
Chapter 6. Jack Greenberg and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund No access
Chapter 7. Martin Luther King Jr. and the Struggle for Racial Equality No access
Chapter 8. Donald Woods, Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman, and the Fight against Apartheid No access
Chapter 9. Nelson Mandela: Grace in Victory No access
Chapter 10. Holocaust Rescuers No access
Chapter 11. Pope John XXIII and Catholic Humanism No access
Chapter 12. Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Sakharov, and Human Rights in Europe No access
Chapter 13. Liu Binyan: The Quest for Truth and Justice in China No access
Chapter 14. Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Welfare State No access
Chapter 15. Muhammad Yunus, Microfinance, and an End to Poverty No access
Conclusion No access Pages 241 - 244
Suggestions for Further Reading No access Pages 245 - 250
