Overview
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 didnāt, at significant times in American history. Read the original wordsāsometimes abridged and sometimes in their entiretyāthat 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.Ā 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, āGive Me Liberty or Give Me Deathā
- George Washington, Farewell Address
- Red Jacket, āWe Never Quarrel about Religionā
- Frederick Douglass, āWhat to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?ā
- Sojourner Truth, āI Am a Womanās Rightsā
- Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
- Theodore Roosevelt, āCitizenship in a Republicā
- Franklin Delano Roosevelt, āThe Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itselfā
- Lou Gehrig, āFarewell to Baseballā
- Langston Hughes, āOn the Blacklist All Our Livesā
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy, āWe Choose to Go to the Moonā
- Martin Luther King, Jr., āI Have a Dreamā
- Fannie Lou Hamer, āI Question Americaā
- Cesar Chavez, Address to the Commonwealth Club of California, 1984
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, āWomenās Rights Are Human Rightsā
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.
This book title, Strong Voices (Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing), ISBN: 9780062572042, by Tonya Bolden, Eric Velasquez, Cokie Roberts, published by HarperCollins (January 21, 2020) is available in hardcover. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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