Minow, Martha

Examines the legacy and reverberations of "Brown v. Board of Education" on American schools, describing the original promise of "Brown" as more symbolic than effective, and discussing education struggles in the United States and throughout the world.

Examines the strategies and results of organized reactions to mass violence and genocide, discussing the war-crime prosecutions in Nuremberg and Bosnia; truth commissions in South Africa, Argentina, and East Germany; and reparations in America, also addressing the issues of vengeance, forgiveness, and facing history.