Glenn Frankel

Rivonia’s Children: Nelson Mandela's White Comrades and Their Legacy

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The little-known story of three white, middle-class families and their remarkable struggle against apartheid in the mid-1960s. Rivonia's Children is the harrowing and inspiring account of a handful of white Jewish activists who risked their lives to combat apartheid when South Africa plunged into an era of darkness in the 1960s.

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"At its heart, it's a study of astonishing conviction, courage and sacrifice to turn a society away from its appalling injustice."

         Jeb Wyman, editor of What They Signed Up For: True

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