Title: Old wrongs, new rights
Description: " Old Wrongs, New Rights is a series of candid close-ups of South Africa's invigorating but unfinished journey from apartheid to democracy. The reporters are students from the Americas, steeped in idealism but quick to spot backsliding. Their vantage point provides a freshness that is absent from the seasoned, often cynical, professionals who usually mediate our view of this daunting experiment in social transformation. The stories focus on day-to-day struggles to attain the promise of South Africa's visionary Constitution, which not only guarantees every citizen equality and full participation in the political process, but also rights to housing, health care, education, personal security, and a safe environment for future generations. What has so far been achieved, the student reporters asked?... " --Publisher's Website
Subjects: Politics and government, Human rights, Race relations, Description and travel, Blacks, South Africa, Apartheid, Civil rights, Anecdotes, Minorities, Women college students, Social conditions, Travel, Biography, History, Blacks, civil rights, Blacks, south africa, Minorities, africa, Human rights, south africa, Women, united states, biography, South africa, politics and government, South africa, race relations, Black people
Places: United States, South Africa
Time periods: 1994-