Kerry Kennedy Cuomo, Speak Truth to Power: Human Rights Defenders Who Are Changing Our World. New York: Crown Publishers, 2000. A superb collection of interviews with human rights activists from all over the world. The activists included in this collection work on issues as diverse as child labor, political representation, the human rights of gays and lesbians, and police brutality.

Mary Ann Glendon, A World Made New: Eleanor Roosevelt and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. New York: Random House, 2001. A fascinating account of the drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, with a particular focus on the role of Eleanor Roosevelt.

Myra H. Immell, ed., Ethnic Violence. San Diego, CA: Greenhaven Press, 2000. Contains essays and articles on ethnic violence, including the genocides in Armenia, Rwanda, and Yugoslavia. Racial violence within the United States is also addressed.

Susan Kuklin, Iqbal Masih and...