Peacemakers Webliography
Bruderhof Peacemakers Guide
Brief essays, portraits and links to further information on peacemakers from around the world.
Jane Addams | Cesar Chavez | The Dalai Lama | Dorothy Day
Mahatma Gandhi | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Mother Jones | Elie Wiesel
Jane Addams
Books by Jane Addams
Project Gutenberg has the following etexts available: Democracy and Social Ethics, A New Conscience and an Ancient Evil, The Spirit of Youth and the City Streets, and Twenty Years at Hull House.
Jane Addams – Encyclopedia Britannica
This online Britannica article is brief, but following internal links leads to more
information on Hull House, social settlements, and the Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom.
Jane Addams – Gale Free Resources
Biography and brief further reading list from Thomson/Gale publishers.
Jane Addams Hull-House Museum
In addition to a biography of Jane Addams, bibliographies of works by and about her, and a chronology of her life, this museum site also links to an online history project called "The Urban Experience in Chicago: Hull-House and its Neighborhoods, 1889-1963," which includes a photo essay on Jane Addams.
Jane Addams – Mother of the World
This online exhibit features photographs of Jane Addams, her family and Hull-House. Swarthmore Peace Collection also houses Addams' papers, which are not online, but a collection checklist is available.
Jane Addams – Nobelprize.org
Official Nobel Prize site includes a biography and select bibliography, as well as the presentation speech and the article "Heroines of Peace: the Nine Nobel Women" by Irwin Abrams.
Jane Addams – Spartacus Educational
This biographical essay is full of links to other entries in Spartacus such as Christian Socialism, the Women's Trade Union League and the Woman's Peace Party. Following the essay are several excerpts from writings and speeches by and about Jane Addams.
Jane Addams – Women in History
Women in History, a group that does dramatic recreations of historical women'’s lives, summarizes its research on Jane Addams in this biographical essay.
Cesar Chavez
Cesar E. Chavez – California Department of Education
Designed in support of the official state holiday to honor Chavez, this site features a model curriculum with resources for grades K-12, resources for the public on the man, his vision, his work and the times, and a searchable resource center that boasts several thousand scanned documents and around 500 photographs.
Cesar E. Chavez – County of Los Angeles Public Library
Along with biographical and chronological information, this site also includes an extensive webliography with links to educational and curriculum resources, labor related resources, quotations and interviews, and resources in Spanish.
The Cesar E. Chavez Foundation
This site includes information on the foundation’s programs and events, as well as biographical information on Chavez. The biography is supplemented by a timeline and a number of service learning resources and tools.
Cesar Chavez – Gale Free Resources
Biography and brief further reading list from Thomson/Gale publishers.
The Fight in the Fields – Cesar Chavez and the Farmworkers' Struggle
This companion website to the PBS program of the same name contains articles on Chavez and on the United Farmworkers Union, an elegy, a timeline, and a page of further resources that includes both websites and a bibliography.
Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Cesar Chavez
Biography, a few photos and a timeline from the Medal of Freedom site.
Si Se Puede! Cesar E. Chavez and His Legacy
This site has a variety of resources including a biography, chronology, quotations organized by topic and themes of the farmworkers' struggle. Be sure to use the links below the graphic, since those in it are not working. The site has been up since 1996, and all the links are not working, but there is still enough good information here to make it worthwhile.
United Farm Workers
This is the official website for the organization founded by Chavez in 1962, then called the National Farm Workers Association. Under the history link, there is information on Chavez and his work with the UFW, a chronology and a short Quicktime movie.
The Dalai Lama
The 14th Dalai Lama – Nobelprize.org
Official Nobel Prize site offers a biography, the Dalai Lama's Nobel lecture, his acceptance speech, and a video of his statement at the 2001 Nobel Centennial Symposia.
The Dalai Lama – Beliefnet
In spite of the advertising on this .com site, it does contain good links to articles,
interviews, book excerpts and a number of audio files with the Dalai Lama addressing such topics as peace, happiness and religious harmony. Beliefnet has also posted a webcast of a public talk given by the Dalai Lama in Washington, D.C. in 2000.
The Dalai Lama – The Office of Tibet, New York
A biography, statements and interviews, and a list of books authored or co-authored by the Dalai Lama from the organization that represents His Holiness in the Americas.
The Dalai Lama – A Spiritual Leader in Exile
CNN's archival site includes reports on the Dalai Lama and news about
Tibet, along with links to a few photo essays and articles in Time magazine.
Dalai Lama Visits Harvard
From the Harvard news archives, this page documents the Dalai Lama's visit to Harvard in September 2003. It includes three articles from the school newspaper, numerous video clips and a full transcript of his talk.
His Holiness the 14th Dalai Lama of Tibet – Central Tibetan Administration
Along with the standard brief biography, this government site provides information on the Dalai Lama's vision for a future free Tibet and numerous speeches addressing various aspects of the environment, such as spirituality and nature and caring for the earth.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama – The Government of Tibet in Exile
Primarily a collection of speeches, this site also has information about the discovery of His Holiness and brief descriptions of books he has written.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet – Trust for the Visit of HH the Dalai Lama to New Zealand
Along with a brief biography of the Dalai Lama and description of the situation in Tibet, this site contains quotations, speeches, and a Q & A with His Holiness addressing such topics as nonviolence, peace, the environment and interdependence.
The Private Dalai Lama – Ron Gluckman
This article was written after Gluckman, an American journalist, spent 3 weeks with the Dalai Lama in 1996. Quotations from his series of interviews are available here.
Dorothy Day
A Biography of Dorothy Day
This article was prepared for The Encyclopedia of American Catholic History by Jim Forest, a former managing editor of The Catholic Worker.
Catholic Worker Movement
Run by the Catholic Worker Movement, which Dorothy Day co-founded in 1933 with Peter Maurin, this site provides biographies, photos, interesting facts, and a good sized collection of her essays, letters, and articles from The Catholic Worker newspaper.
Dorothy Day – from Salt of the Earth
Here are three articles on Dorothy Day from Salt of the Earth, an online social justice resource from the publishers of U.S. Catholic.
Dorothy Day – The Staten Island Years
This is a small online exhibit of photographs and letters from the three years that Dorothy Day spent living in a bungalow on Staten Island. Marquette University also has a collection of Dorothy Day papers which are not online, but are indexed here.
Houston Catholic Worker
This online newspaper includes a page of links to articles on Dorothy Day, Peter Maurin and the Catholic Worker Movement as well as Saints and Philosophers who Influenced Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin. Of particular interest are two articles on Dorothy Day's pacifism.
Times of Day
Created by two high school seniors from Boston Latin School in Massachusetts, this site contains a nice sampling of materials from the Marquette University Archives, including photographs, audio and video. You will need to enable popups to enter this site.
Mahatma Gandhi
The Complete Site on Mahatma Gandhi
This website contains articles on the application of Gandhian principles to politics, religion, education, the economy and the environment. There are also links to online books, information about museums and ashrams, and brief pages on some of Gandhi's associates.
M. K. Gandhi Institute for Nonviolence – Library
In addition to articles on Gandhi, India, and Nonviolence, the library has a small multimedia section that includes photographs, a couple audio clips, and a video of a speech by Gandhi's grandson, Arun. This page also links to a brief biography and timeline for Gandhi.
Mahatma Gandhi Album – Kamat's Potpourri
This site combines essays, quotations and photos to create an "album" of Gandhi's life and work. In addition to a biography and timeline, the site contains articles on Satyagraha and Gandhi and women, as well as "Ask Gandhi," which uses a question and answer format to explain some of Gandhi's ideas in his own words.
Mahatma Gandhi – Social Sciences at UCLA
Created by a UCLA history professor, this site starts with a biographical essay on Gandhi and then branches out to cover such topic as the Salt March, Hind Swaraj, the "Quit India" movement and Gandhian ecology. A select bibliography is also included.
The Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peace
The Foundation's pages on Gandhi address who he was, some common questions about him, his life, and ideas, and quotations on various topics such as democracy, education and service. There are also links to news stories about human rights, international relations and women's rights.
Mahatma Gandhi Research & Media Service
This site contains a wealth of information on Gandhi, including an online image archive with correspondence, photographs, documents and publications. There is a detailed chronology of Gandhi's life, a Q & A page from the Service's information desk, and a number of audio and video files.
The Official Mahatma Gandhi eArchive and Reference Library
An amazing resource sponsored by the Mahatma Gandhi Foundation in India, this site includes electronic versions of numerous books by and about Gandhi, as well as audio and video files. In addition to viewing photographs, a family tree, and even cartoons about Gandhi, visitors can download screensavers, wallpapers, and calendars.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
The King Center
In addition to a biography and chronology of King's life, this site offers resources on nonviolence, including Six Principles of Nonviolence, Six Steps of Nonviolence, and a Glossary of Nonviolence. The complete transcript of the Martin Luther King, Jr. assassination conspiracy trial that took place in 1999 is also available.
Martin Luther King – Spartacus Educational
Generously peppered with links to other articles in Spartacus, this biographical essay on King leads to further information on nonviolent resistance, the Montgomery bus boycott and the Civil Rights Act. Following the essay are several excerpts from writings and speeches by and about King.
Martin Luther King Day
Published by Information Please, this site contains articles covering the March on Washington, civil disobedience, and King conspiracy theories. Though short, they are hot linked to other articles and timelines in the online encyclopedia. There are also links to entries on civil rights and affirmative action, including biographies of civil rights leaders, notable speeches and letters by African Americans, and civil rights cases reopened.
Martin Luther King, Jr. – Gale Free Resources
Biography and brief further reading list from Thomson/Gale publishers.
Martin Luther King, Jr. – Nobelprize.org
The official Nobel Prize site includes a biography, King's acceptance speech, and his
Nobel lecture.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Civil Rights Movement
The Seattle Times' Newspapers in Education program has combined original material with archival articles and photographs to create an overview of King and the Civil Rights Movement. A timeline of King's life runs alongside a timeline of the movement, and a study guide and lesson plan provide discussion topics and activities for students.
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University
This website contains numerous excerpts from King's papers, including letters, speeches, sermons, and autobiographical material. The King Biography is peppered with links to entries from the King Encyclopedia, which also makes good use of linked cross references. An interactive timeline provides access to historical documents, photos, audio and video clips.
The Martin Luther King You Don't See on TV
This eye opening article from Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting explains how the media all but ignores King's involvement in the Poor People'’s Campaign and his opposition to U.S. foreign policy.
Mother Jones
The Autobiography of Mother Jones
The complete text of Mother Jones' autobiography is available here in three installments.
Mother Jones Collection – Catholic University of America
This small collection consists mainly of correspondence between Mother Jones and United Mine Workers of America president John Mitchell during the anthracite coal strike of 1902. The site includes scanned images of each letter, followed by a transcription of the contents, as well as several photographs.
Mother Jones – The Miners' Angel
Biography from the Illinois Labor History Society.
Mother Jones: The Most Dangerous Woman in America
About.com has posted the full introduction to this biography be Elliott C. Gorn.
Mother Jones – Spartacus Educational
This brief biography links to other topics in Spartacus such as child labor, the United Mine Workers Union and Industrial Workers of the World. It is followed by excerpts from Mother Jones' writings.
Elie Wiesel
Elie Wiesel – Academy of Achievement
This site includes a brief biography, an interview and a photo gallery.
Elie Wiesel – Bold Type
Along with a brief introduction, this site includes excerpts from his memoirs and a conversation with Wiesel.
Elie Wiesel – First Person Singular
This companion website to the PBS program features articles on Wiesel by Alan Dershowitz and Gary Henry, photographs of his hometown in Romania, and an annotated bibliography of Wiesel's works. Also included is a teaching guide with objectives, ideas for discussion and three different activities.
Elie Wiesel – Jewish Virtual Library
This detailed article about Wiesel's life and work contains links to other entries in the virtual library on such topics as concentration camps, the SS and the Holocaust.
Elie Wiesel – Nobelprize.org
Official Nobel Prize site includes a brief biography, the text of Wiesel's Nobel lecture, and video of his statement at the 2001 Nobel Centennial Symposia held. There is also a 35 minute video of a 2004 interview in which he talks about being in a concentration camp, anti-Semitism, and how the Holocaust might have been avoided.
Elie Wiesel: The Perils of Indifference
Wiesel gave this speech at the White House in 1999. There is also an audio file of the 21 minute speech and a link to the full transcript which includes the question and answer session that followed.
Elie Wiesel – The University of Virginia
Part of a site on the Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., this page includes a biography of Wiesel, a timeline and a bibliography.
Elie Wiesel: Writer of Silence
An article reprinted from Jewish American Literature: a Norton Anthology.
