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eBook details
- Title: Strong Voices
- Author : Tonya Bolden & Cokie Roberts
- Release Date : January 11, 2020
- Genre: Biography,Books,Kids,History,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 16676 KB
Description
Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing is a collection of significant speeches, made both by those who held the reins of power and those who didnât, at significant times in American history. Read the original wordsâsometimes abridged and sometimes in their entiretyâthat have shaped our cultural fabric. A Chicago Public Library Best Book!
"A wide-ranging collection of speeches and a worthwhile resource for students of American history." âBooklist
"A golden celebration of the multicultural voices who demand the U.S.âand the worldâdo better." âKirkus
"An important addition to American history collections." âSchool Library Journal
Introductions by acclaimed writer Tonya Bolden provide historical context and critical insights to the meaning and impact of every speech. Illustrations by award-winning artist Eric Velasquez illuminate what it was really like at each moment in history. This collection includes the following:
Patrick Henry, âGive Me Liberty or Give Me DeathâGeorge Washington, Farewell AddressRed Jacket, âWe Never Quarrel about ReligionâFrederick Douglass, âWhat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?âSojourner Truth, âI Am a Womanâs RightsâAbraham Lincoln, Gettysburg AddressTheodore Roosevelt, âCitizenship in a RepublicâFranklin Delano Roosevelt, âThe Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear ItselfâLou Gehrig, âFarewell to BaseballâLangston Hughes, âOn the Blacklist All Our LivesâJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy, âWe Choose to Go to the MoonâMartin Luther King, Jr., âI Have a DreamâFannie Lou Hamer, âI Question AmericaâCesar Chavez, Address to the Commonwealth Club of California, 1984Hillary Rodham Clinton, âWomenâs Rights Are Human Rightsâ
Strong Voices includes a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author and celebrated journalist Cokie Roberts, as well as a timeline in the back of the book, along with letters to the reader from Tonya Bolden and Eric Velasquez.
Strong Voices is a tremendous introduction to the extraordinary words spoken in history.