human rights workers

Presents a biography on Mary Robinson, the first woman President of Ireland, fighter for human rights, and United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Chronicles the lives and achievements of ten activists who have fought for civil rights, including Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Malcolm X, Oprah Winfrey, and others.

Biography of the English-Jewish lawyer who founded Amnesty International, the organization dedicated to investigating and publicizing civil rights abuses the world over.

Biography of Rigoberta Menchu, a young Mayan Indian woman whose efforts to bring peace to Guatemala won her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1992.

Memoir of Raphael Lemkin, the man who coined the term "genocide" and successfully got it recognized in international law, about his youth growing up a Polish Jew, evading the Nazis in World War II, and his education and peace-keeping work in America.

Explores the career and influences of the president who worked to preserve wildlife and national parks and to establish peace among conflicting nations. Includes Internet links to Web sites, source documents, and photographs related to Jimmy Carter.

Paul Rusesabagina recounts the story of his life, describing what it was like to grow up on a small farm in Rwanda, how he became the first Rwandan general manager of a Belgian-owned hotel, and how he helped his fellow countrymen during the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

Presents information about careers one can obtain in the field of activism, including animal activists, lobbyists, and research assistants.

The story of Rigoberta Mench? and her struggle to keep wealthy landowners and Guatemalan soldiers from taking away the land from her village and other Indian communities.

A profile of Nobel Peace Prize-winner Rigoberta Menchu Tum, discussing her life in a small Guatemalan village, the deaths of her mother, father, and brother at the hands of the military, and her efforts to protect the human rights of the country's indigenous people.