num_pages: 390
description: Presents the stories of anti-apartheid activists Hilda and Rusty Bernstein, Ruth First and Joe Slovo, and AnnMarie and Harold Wolpe all members of the group that in 1961 set up a secret headquarters in Rivonia. Frankel, a writer and editor at The Washington Post , describes the raid in 1963 that crushed the movement and the trial which followed, as well as how these individuals came to align themselves with Nelson Mandela and the sacrifices they made in the process from giving up stable family relationships to enduring long prison sentences. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
language: English
title: Rivonia's Children: Three Families and the Cost of Conscience in White South Africa
titlecomplete: Rivonia's Children: Three Families and the Cost of Conscience in White South Africa
genres: South Africa, Africa, History, Biography
ratings_count: 53
publisher: Continuum Intl Pub Group