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Raoul Wallenberg

Michael Nicholson, David Winner

Hardcover (Exley Publications Ltd, Dec. 31, 1989)

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Peter Benenson: Taking a Stand Against Injustice Amnesty International

David Winner

Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Feb. 1, 1992)

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

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Father Damien: The Man Who Lived and Died for the Victims of Leprosy

Pam Brown

Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Sept. 1, 1988)

Presents a biography of the priest who gave his life to the care of lepers in a colony at Molokai, Hawaii.

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Nelson Mandela: The South African Leader Who Was Imprisoned for Twenty-seven Years for Fighting Against Apartheid

Benjamin Pogrund

Hardcover (Exley Publications Ltd, Aug. 15, 1991)

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Edward R. Murrow: His Courage and Ideals Set the Standard for Broadcast Journalism

Sprague Vonier

Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Dec. 1, 1989)

Follows the career of the foreign correspondent whose radio news broadcsts during World War II made history and enabled him to expand into television journalism

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Louis Braille: The Inventor of a Way to Read and Write That Has Helped Millions of Blind People Communicate With the World

Beverley Birch

Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Dec. 1, 1989)

Tells how an accident led to Braille's blindness and explains how he developed his system of raised dots

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Sojourner Truth: The Courageous Former Slave Whose Eloquence Helped Promote Human Equality

Susan Taylor-Boyd

Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, March 1, 1990)

Follows the life of the former slave who gained renown as a abolitionist and advocate of women's rights.

Bob Geldof: The Rock Star Who Raised $140 Million for Famine Relief in Ethiopia

Charlotte Gray

Library Binding (Gareth Stevens Pub, Sept. 1, 1988)

Follows the early years, musical career, and charity work of the musician who organized the Live Aid project and raised more money for the starving in Africa than anyone else in the world.