| Strong Voices Lib/E: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing Contributor(s): Various Authors (Author), Pitts, Lisa Renee (Read by), Onayemi, Prentice (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1094107360 ISBN-13: 9781094107363 Publisher: HarperCollins OUR PRICE: $35.99 Product Type: Compact Disc Published: February 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - Colonial & Revolutionary Periods - Juvenile Nonfiction | History - United States - 20th Century - Juvenile Nonfiction | Biography & Autobiography - Political |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher 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 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. This collection includes the following: Patrick Henry, "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death"George Washington, Farewell AddressRed Jacket, "We Never Quarrel about Religion"Frederick Douglass, "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?"Sojourner Truth, "I Am a Woman's Rights"Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg AddressTheodore Roosevelt, "Citizenship in a Republic"Franklin Delano Roosevelt, "The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself"Lou Gehrig, "Farewell to Baseball"Langston Hughes, "On the Blacklist All Our Lives"John Fitzgerald Kennedy, "We Choose to Go to the Moon"Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream"Fannie Lou Hamer, "I Question America"Cesar Chavez, Address to the Commonwealth Club of California, 1984Hillary Rodham Clinton, "Women's Rights Are Human Rights"Strong Voices includes a foreword by #1 New York Times bestselling author and celebrated journalist Cokie Roberts. Strong Voices is a tremendous introduction to the extraordinary words spoken in history. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook. |
Contributor Bio(s): Pitts, Lisa Renee: - Lisa Reneé Pitts is an accomplished actress in theater, film, and television, appearing in The Practice, The Shield, and Law & Order. A native New Yorker, she holds a BFA in theater arts from Rutgers University and resides in Burbank, California. Roberts, Cokie: -Cokie Roberts is a political commentator for ABC News and a senior news analyst for National Public Radio. From 1996 to 2002, she and Sam Donaldson coanchored the weekly ABC interview program, This Week. She is the bestselling author of We Are Our Mothers' Daughters, Ladies of Liberty, and Founding Mothers. Onayemi, Prentice: -Prentice Onayemi is an Earphones Award-winning audiobook narrator and a voice and film actor who is known for his roles in The Steam-Room Crooner, AmeriQua, and as Joey in the Tony Award-winning play War Horse. Bolden, Tonya: -Tonya Bolden has authored/edited/co-authored more than ten books, among which are 33 Things Every Girl Should Know, And Not Afraid to Dare: The Stories of Ten African American Women, and Strong Men Keep Coming: The Book of African American Men. She lives in New York City. |