Strong voices : fifteen American speeches worth knowing
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Contributors
Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020].
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9780062572042, 0062572040
Physical Desc
125 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Status
Junior - Nonfiction (2nd floor Children's Area)
JNF 815 BOL
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JNF 815 BOL
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062572042, 0062572040
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"This collection treats readers not only to well-known oratory, such as Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream," Frederick Douglass' "What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July," and Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" (rendered here in standard English as "I Am a Woman's Rights"), but also to some that are not as famous but still a necessary part of the discourse about what the American experiment meant and still means to different people affected by it. Seneca chief Red Jacket's explanation to white American missionary Jacob Cram that "we do not wish to destroy your religion, or take it from you; we only wish to enjoy our own" is powerfully resonant today, for instance. What separates this collection from other anthologies that celebrate spoken patriotism is the way Bolden gives readers a critical historical context--explaining, for example, that Patrick Henry was enslaving black people even as he fiercely opposed Britain's enslaving the white colonists with unreasonable taxes. Velasquez contributes luminous oil portraits, rather disappointingly portraying Truth as an angry black woman but otherwise ably giving strong faces to these strong voices. A golden celebration of the multicultural voices who demand that the U.S.--and the world--do better. "--Kirkus Reviews.
Target Audience
Ages 8 up.
Action
cc,2020-04-04,JD
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Bolden, T., Velasquez, E., & Roberts, C. (2020). Strong voices: fifteen American speeches worth knowing (First edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bolden, Tonya, Eric, Velasquez and Cokie Roberts. 2020. Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Bolden, Tonya, Eric, Velasquez and Cokie Roberts. Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Bolden, Tonya,, Eric Velasquez, and Cokie Roberts. Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing First edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
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