The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known: Dramatic Readings Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of Dissent Paperback - 2004
by Howard Zinn
Great and little-known Americans speak out in their own words, from the pages of the bestselling "A People's History of the United States."
First line
The American Revolution was not, as the orthodox histories would have it, the revolt of a unified people against England.
From the rear cover
To celebrate the millionth copy sold of Howard Zinn's great People's History of the United States, Zinn drew on the words of Americans -- some famous, some little known -- across the range of American history. These words were read by a remarkable cast at an event held at the 92nd Street YMHA in New York City that included James Earl Jones, Alice Walker, Jeff Zinn, Kurt Vonnegut, Alfre Woodard, Marisa Tomei, Danny Glover, Myla Pitt, Harris Yulin, and Andre Gregory.
From that celebration, this book was born. Collected here under one cover is a brief history of America told through dramatic readings applauding the enduring spirit of dissent.
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.
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- Title The People Speak: American Voices, Some Famous, Some Little Known: Dramatic Readings Celebrating the Enduring Spirit of Dissent
- Author Howard Zinn
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: First
- Pages 82
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Perennial, New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date 2004-03-02
- Features Table of Contents
- ISBN 9780060578268 / 0060578262
- Weight 0.26 lbs (0.12 kg)
- Dimensions 7.98 x 5.36 x 0.34 in (20.27 x 13.61 x 0.86 cm)
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Themes
- Chronological Period: 20th Century
- Library of Congress subjects United States, United States - History
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003056383
- Dewey Decimal Code 973
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Citations
- Library Journal, 12/08/2003, Page 0
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