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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewCohen profiles a diverse group of reformers who risked everything 'to improve the human condition' in this concise composite biography. Despite some provocative selections, this is a balanced and lively collection of brief biographical sketches of twentieth-century humanists. * Publishers Weekly *
Profiles in Humanity tells a dozen gripping stories of men and women—some famous, some obscure—who risked all to achieve much in non-violent struggles for human rights around the globe in the twentieth century. These profiles in moral courage will help inspire new generations to confront repression in the twenty-first century. -- J. R. McNeill, Georgetown University
Table of ContentsIntroduction Part I: Nonviolent Resistance Chapter 1: Mahatma Gandhi and Nonviolent Resistance Chapter 2: Václav Havel and the Power of the Powerless Chapter 3: Aung San Suu Kyi: Martyr for Democracy Part II: Women's Rights Chapter 4: Margaret Sanger and the Liberation of Women Chapter 5: Muslim Feminists Part III: Racial Equality Chapter 6: Jack Greenberg and the NAACP Legal Defense Fund Chapter 7: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Struggle for Racial Equality Chapter 8: Donald Woods, Bram Fischer, Helen Suzman, and the Fight against Apartheid Chapter 9: Nelson Mandela: Grace in Victory Part IV: Human Rights Chapter 10: Holocaust Rescuers Chapter 11: Pope John XXIII and Catholic Humanism Chapter 12: Mikhail Gorbachev, Andrei Sakharov, and Human Rights in Europe Chapter 13: Liu Binyan: The Quest for Truth and Justice in China Part V: Freedom from Want Chapter 14: Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt and the Welfare State Chapter 15: Mohammad Yunus, Microfinance, and an End to Poverty Conclusion
