{"product_id":"strong-voices-fifteen-american-speeches-worth-knowing-9780062572042","title":"Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Tonya Bolden\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Biography \u0026amp; Autobiography - Political\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStrong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eis 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. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Chicago Public Library Best Book!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A wide-ranging collection of speeches and a worthwhile resource for students of American history.\" --\u003cem\u003eBooklist\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A golden celebration of the multicultural voices who demand the U.S.--and the world--do better.\" --\u003cem\u003eKirkus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"An important addition to American history collections.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e--\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroductions 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: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePatrick Henry, \"Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeorge Washington, Farewell Address\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRed Jacket, \"We Never Quarrel about Religion\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrederick Douglass, \"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSojourner Truth, \"I Am a Woman's Rights\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAbraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTheodore Roosevelt, \"Citizenship in a Republic\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFranklin Delano Roosevelt, \"The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLou Gehrig, \"Farewell to Baseball\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLangston Hughes, \"On the Blacklist All Our Lives\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohn Fitzgerald Kennedy, \"We Choose to Go to the Moon\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMartin Luther King, Jr., \"I Have a Dream\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFannie Lou Hamer, \"I Question America\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCesar Chavez, Address to the Commonwealth Club of California, 1984\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHillary Rodham Clinton, \"Women's Rights Are Human Rights\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrong Voices\u003c\/em\u003e includes a foreword by \u003cem\u003e#1 New York Times\u003c\/em\u003e 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eStrong Voices\u003c\/em\u003e is a tremendous introduction to the extraordinary words spoken in history. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45116921315479,"sku":"9780062572042","price":1599.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780062572042.webp?v=1767643016","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/strong-voices-fifteen-american-speeches-worth-knowing-9780062572042","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}