The People Speak American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known
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13.10.2009
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HarperCollinsSeitenzahl
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Englisch
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9780061847325
Collected here is a brief history of America told through stories applauding the enduring spirit of dissent.
To celebrate the millionth copy sold of his book, A People's History of the United States, Howard Zinn drew on the words of Americanssome famous, some little knownacross the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast at an event held at the 92nd Street Y in New York City that included James Earl Jones, Alice Walker, Kurt Vonnegut, Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Harris Yulin, Andre Gregory, and others. From that celebration, this book was born.
Here in their own words, and interwoven with commentary by Zinn, are Columbus on the Arawaks; Plough Jogger, a farmer and participant in Shays' Rebellion; Harriet Hanson, a Lowell mill worker; Frederick Douglass; Mark Twain; Mother Jones; Emma Goldman; Helen Keller; Eugene V. Debs; Langston Hughes; Genova Johnson Dollinger on a sit-down strike at General Motors in Flint, Michigan; an interrogation from a 1953 HUAC hearing; Fannie Lou Hamer, a sharecropper and member of the Freedom Democratic Party; Malcolm X; and James Lawrence Harrington, a Gulf War resister, among others.
This essential collection offers a view of America as you've never seen it before, through the eyes of those who fought for change:
- Voices of Dissent: Hear directly from Frederick Douglass, Emma Goldman, and Malcolm X as they challenge the status quo in their own words.
- Labor History: Relive the fight for workers' rights, from the fiery speeches of Mother Jones to the historic General Motors sit-down strike in Flint.
- Anti-War Movements: Explore powerful arguments against conflict through the words of Martin Luther King Jr. on Vietnam and a U.S. Navy corpsman resisting the Gulf War.
- Foundational Protests: Witness the origins of American protest, from a farmer's impassioned role in Shays' Rebellion to the groundbreaking 1848 Women's Declaration of Rights.
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