political prisoners

A collection of photographs, letters, and notes chronicling the twenty-seven years Nelson Mandela spent in prison on Robben Island.

An autobiography of Tibetan refugee Adhe Tapontsang, discussing the abuses she and her family suffered following the Chinese occupation of Tibet in 1950.

A biography of the former South African political prisoner. ..

A biography of the Chinese woman who, arrested during the Chinese Cultural Revolution, spent more than six years in solitary confinement and, despite severe punishment, refused to indict herself as a traitor.

A biography of the Black South African leader who became a civil rights activist, political prisoner, and president of South Africa, told in the context of the history of his country.

A biography of the imprisoned leader of the African National Congress who, with his wife Winnie, continues to struggle for black majority rights in South Africa.

Examines the life and career of the South African civil rights leader and his impact on race relations in his country.

Chronicles the life of Margaret Werner, focusing on the years she spent living in Russia with her family under brutal dictator Joseph Stalin.