Fierce Legion of Friends: A History of Human Rights Campaigns and Campaigners

by Linda Rabben

Overview

This is a history of human rights campaigns in the United States and elsewhere, starting with the Quakers and other 18th-century campaigners against slavery and covering the rise of the labor movement, lynchings, genocide, Sacco and Vanzetti, the Scottsboro “Boys,” the Rosenbergs, and the history of Amnesty International.  It is both informative and inspirational.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780971415201
Publisher:	University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date:	06/28/2003
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	255
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Linda Rabben is a human rights advocate and a visiting professor of social anthropology at the Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. She is the author of Brazil's Indians and the Onslaught of Civilization and coeditor Rome Has Spoken: A Guide to Forgotten Papal Statements and How they Have Changed through the Centuries.

Editorial Reviews

"As a longtime fighter for human rights, I was moved and inspired by Fierce Legion of Friends. It’s encouraging to know whose shoulders we stand on: the millions of people who have worked for human rights for more than 200 years. I recommend this book to anybody who wants incentive to keep working for social justice."—Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA), Speaker, U.S. House of Representatives


"A stirring history of human rights campaigns over the centuries—vividly described, intelligently assessed. There is both information and inspiration in this valuable book." —Howard Zinn


"Linda Rabben has done everyone who cares about human rights a great service with her comprehensive history. . . . As she demonstrates so well, the struggle for justice is no mere fledgling but has solid roots." —William B. Schulz, Executive Director, Amnesty International USA

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