Strong voices, fifteen American speeches worth knowing, Tonya Bolden ; foreword by Cokie Roberts ; cover illustrations by Eric Velasquez
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Strong voices, fifteen American speeches worth knowing, Tonya Bolden ; foreword by Cokie Roberts ; cover illustrations by Eric Velasquez
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Strong voices
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Tonya Bolden ; foreword by Cokie Roberts ; cover illustrations by Eric Velasquez
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fifteen American speeches worth knowing
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A collection of significant speeches, made both by those who held the reins of power and those who didn't, at significant times in American history. Read the original words, sometimes abridged and sometimes in their entirety, that have shaped our cultural fabric. Introductions by acclaimed writer Tonya Bolden provide historical context and critical insights to the meaning and impact of every speech. Among the speeches included are: Patrick Henry's "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"; George Washington's Farewell Address; Sojourner Truth's "I Am a Woman's Rights"; Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address; Franklin Delano Roosevelt's "The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself"; Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream"; Hillary Rodham Clinton's "Women's Rights Are Human Rights"; as well as speeches from Lou Gehrig, Langston Hughes, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Fannie Lou Hamer, Cesar Chavez, Red Jacket, Frederick Douglass, and Theodore Roosevelt
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