Human Rights Heroes
"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places close to home--so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person....unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere."
Eleanor Roosevelt,
The Primary Architect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Rights Pioneers
Before there were heroes, there were pioneers throughout history who contributed to our notion and understanding of human rights. Click the link to learn about pioneers that include Plato, Aristotle, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, etc.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126065/quiz.html
1000 Heroes
This site includes short biography, quotes, and links to historic and current human rights heroes.
http://www.betterworld.net/heroes/list.htm
The New Heroes
This site tells the dramatic stories of 14 daring "new heroes" from all corners of the globe who, against all odds, are successfully alleviating poverty and illness, combating unemployment and violence, and bringing education, light, opportunity and freedom to poor and marginalized people around the world.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/
"Where, after all, do universal human rights begin? In small places close to home--so close and so small that they cannot be seen on any maps of the world. Yet they are the world of the individual person....unless these rights have meaning there, they have little meaning anywhere."
Eleanor Roosevelt,
The Primary Architect of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Human Rights Pioneers
Before there were heroes, there were pioneers throughout history who contributed to our notion and understanding of human rights. Click the link to learn about pioneers that include Plato, Aristotle, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, etc.
http://library.thinkquest.org/C0126065/quiz.html
1000 Heroes
This site includes short biography, quotes, and links to historic and current human rights heroes.
http://www.betterworld.net/heroes/list.htm
The New Heroes
This site tells the dramatic stories of 14 daring "new heroes" from all corners of the globe who, against all odds, are successfully alleviating poverty and illness, combating unemployment and violence, and bringing education, light, opportunity and freedom to poor and marginalized people around the world.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/thenewheroes/