Discussion Questions :

1. What human rights cause did César Chávez spearhead?

2. What was Gandhi’s greatest human rights achievement?

3. What civil rights issue first brought Martin Luther King, Jr., to national attention?

4. Why has Daw Aung San Suu Kyi refused government offers to release her from house arrest?

5. Why was Nelson Mandela imprisoned for nearly three decades?

6. For what accomplishment did Oscar Arias Sánchez receive the Nobel Peace Prize?

7. How does Muhammad Yunus’ micro-credit innovation solve poverty?

8. What did Eleanor Roosevelt do when Marian Anderson was denied use of Constitution Hall because of her race?