Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing
Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing
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Strong Voices: Fifteen American Speeches Worth Knowing

Written by Tonya Bolden and Cokie Roberts & illustrated by Eric Velasquez
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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. A Chicago Public Library Best Book!”A wide-ranging collection of speeches and a worthwhile resource for students of American history.” –Booklist”A golden celebration of the multicultural voices who demand the U.S.–and the world–do better.” –Kirkus”An important addition to American history collections.” –School Library JournalIntroductions 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: 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, 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.

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    Book Details

    ISBN
    9780062572042
    Publication Date
    February 11, 2020
    Publisher
    HarperCollins
    Original Publication Date
    January 21, 2020
    Page Count
    128
    Audience
    Middle Grade
    Reading Age
    8 - 12 years
    Lexile® Level
    1140L
    Est. Fountas & Pinnell Level
    ~Z
    Est. ATOS® Book Level
    ~8.2

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