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Visioning human rights in the new millennium : quilting the world's conscience

Title
Visioning human rights in the new millennium : quilting the world's conscience / Carolyn L. Mazloomi, PhD.
Author
Mazloomi, Carolyn
Publication
  • Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2019]
  • ©2019

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Description
196 pages : color illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
"A powerful way to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Human Rights Declaration--the most translated document in the history of the world--this book reminds us of its impact and each of its 30 principles, using 91 intriguing art quilts. Sometimes taking us by surprise, these visions help us rethink human rights and the devastating impacts of intolerance and bigotry"--Page [4] of cover.
Alternative Title
quilting the world's conscience
Subjects
Note
  • Artists include: Harriette Alford Meriwether ; Linda Ali ; Renee Allen ; Behrooz Assani ; Lauren Austin ; Carol Beck ; Edward Bostick ; Dawn Williams Boyd ; Julius Bremer ; Gwendolyn Brooks ; Earamichia Brown ; Wendell Brown ; Carolyn V. Bunkley ; Dorothy Burge ; Bisa Butler ; Celestine Butler ; Denise M. Campbell ; Nancy Cash ; Cynthia Catlin ; Donna Chambers ; Ora Clay ; Marian Coakley ; Marion Coleman ; Carolyn Crump ; Adrienne Cruz ; Jacqueline Dukes ; Ife Felix ; Deborah Fell ; Michelle Flamer ; L'Merchie Frazier ; Marjorie Freeman ; Rose Green ; Annie Grey ; Sharon Kerry Harlan ; Peggie Hartwell ; Sylvia Hernandez ; Mayota Hill ; Tierney Davis Hogan ; Charlotte Hunter ; Jacqueline Johnson ; Sandra Johnson ; Arlene Jones ; Gloria Kellon ; Wendy Kenderick ; Betty Leacraft ; Viola Burley Leak ; Cynthia Lockhart ; James Mardis ; Dindga McCannon ; Barbara McCraw ; Ed Johnetta Miller ; Patricia Montgomery ; Helen Murrell ; Sandra Noble ; Valerie Poitier ; Sharon Ray ; Glenda Richardson ; Sandra Scott ; Marlene O'Bryant Seabrook ; Latifah Shakir ; Carole Lyles Shaw ; Theresa Polly Shellcroft ; April Shipp ; Beverly Y. Smith ; Jim Smoot ; Carole Gary Staples ; Selena A. Sullivan ; Felicia Tinker ; Angie Turner ; Deanna Tyson ; Hilda Vest ; Valerie White ; Leni Levenson Wiener ; Cleota Wilbekin ; Trish Williams ; Sauda Zahra.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Introduction: Dwelling in possibility: Human rights in an unjust world -- The United Nations Declaration of Human Rights: preamble -- Article 1. We are born free and equal -- Article 2. Don't discriminate -- Article 3. The right to life -- Article 4. There must be no slavery -- Article 5. No person should ever be tortured -- Article 6. Everyone has rights no matter where you go -- Article 7. All people are equal before the law -- Article 8. Every person's human rights are protected by law -- Article 9. Nobody should be unfairly detained -- Article 10. Everyone has the right to trail -- Article 11. Everyone is always innocent until proven guilty -- Article 12. We all have the right to privacy -- Article 13. We all have freedom to move -- Article 14. All have the right to seek a safe place to live -- Article 15. All have the right to a nationality -- Article 16. All have the right to marry -- Article 17. All have the right to own things -- Article 18. All have freedom of thought -- Article 19. All have freedom of expression -- Article 20. All have the right to public assembly -- Article 21. All have the right to participate in government and choose leaders -- Article 22. All have the right to education, housing, medicine, and childcare -- Article 23. All have the right to work for a fair wage -- Article 24. All have the right to rest and relax -- Article 25. All have rights to food and shelter -- Article 26. All have the right to education -- Article 27. Others cannot copy our artistic creations and writings -- Article 28. There must be order in the world so rights and freedoms are enjoyed -- Article 29. We should protect the rights and freedom of others -- Article 30. No one can take away our human rights.
Call Number
Sc+ E 21-904
ISBN
  • 9780764357404
  • 0764357409
OCLC
1055257339
Author
Mazloomi, Carolyn, author.
Title
Visioning human rights in the new millennium : quilting the world's conscience / Carolyn L. Mazloomi, PhD.
Publisher
Atglen, PA : Schiffer Publishing Ltd., [2019]
Copyright Date
©2019
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Local Subject
Black author.
Research Call Number
Sc+ E 21-904
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