{"product_id":"american-heritage-book-of-great-american-speeches-for-young-people-isbn-9780471389422","title":"American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for Young People","description":"The history of the United States has been characterized by ferventidealism, intense struggle, and radical change. And for everycritical, defining moment in American history, there were thosewhose impassioned voices rang out, clear and true, and whose wordscompelled the minds and hearts of all who heard them. When PatrickHenry declared, \"Give me liberty, or give me death!\", when MartinLuther King Jr. said, \"I have a dream\", Americans listened and wereprofoundly affected. These speeches stand today as testaments tothis great nation made up of individuals with bold ideas andunshakeable convictions.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e The American Heritage Book of Great American Speeches for YoungPeople includes over 100 speeches by founding fathers, patriots,Native American and African American leaders, abolitionists,women's suffrage and labor activists, writers, athletes, and othersfrom all walks of life, featuring inspiring and unforgettablespeeches by such notable speakers as:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Patrick Henry * Thomas Jefferson * Tecumseh * Frederick Douglass *Sojourner Truth * Abraham Lincoln * Susan B. Anthony * Mother Jones* Lou Gehrig * Franklin D. Roosevelt * Albert Einstein * Pearl S.Buck * Langston Hughes * John F. Kennedy * Martin Luther KingJr.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e These are the voices that shaped our history. They are powerful,moving, and, above all else, uniquely American. \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePowhatan, Chief of the Powhatan Confederacy (1609) 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo Captain John Smith\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBig Mouth, Onondaga Chief (1684) 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo De la Barre, Governor of Canada\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAndrew Hamilton (1735) 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Defense of John Peter Zenger and the Freedom of the Press\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCanasatego, Onondaga Chief (1744) 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“We Will Make Men of Them”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Hancock (1774) 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Fourth Anniversary of the Boston Massacre\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLogan, Mingo Chief (1774) 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo Lord Dunmore\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatrick Henry (1775) 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolomon, Stockbridge Chief (1775) 20\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“We Have Ever Been True Friends”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamuel Adams (1776) 22\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Continental Congress\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBenjamin Franklin (1787) 25\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Constitutional Convention\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJonathan Smith (1788) 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Massachusetts Convention\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Washington (1796) 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Observe Good Faith and Justice towards All Nations”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Jefferson (1801) 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFirst Inaugural Address\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRed Jacket, Seneca Chief (1805) 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“We Never Quarrel about Religion”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTecumseh, Shawnee Chief (1811) 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Sleep Not Longer, O Choctaws and Chickasaws”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePushmataha, Choctaw Chief (1824) 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWelcome to Lafayette\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniel Webster (1825) 43\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBunker Hill Oration\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBlack Hawk, Sauk Chief (1832) 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Farewell to Black Hawk”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSam Houston (1836) 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Remember the Alamo!”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElijah Lovejoy (1837) 51\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Defense of a Free Press\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAngelina Grimke (1838) . 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“What Has the North to Do with Slavery?”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry Highland Garnet (1843) 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Call to Rebellion\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLewis Richardson (1846) 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“My Grave Shall Be Made in Free Soil”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThomas Corwin (1847) 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAgainst War with Mexico\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrederick Douglass (1847) 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“If I Had a Country, I Should Be a Patriot”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry Clay (1850) 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Call for a Measure of Compromise\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSojourner Truth (1851) 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“If You Have Woman’s Rights, Give Them to Her”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrederick Douglass (1852) 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“What to the American Slave Is Your Fourth of July?”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRalph Waldo Emerson (1854) 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Fugitive Slave Law\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeattle, Duwamish Chief (1854) 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“We Will Dwell Apart and in Peace”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLucy Stone (1855) 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A Disappointed Woman”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbraham Lincoln (1858) 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A House Divided”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen Douglas (1858) 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSixth Lincoln-Douglas Debate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Brown (1859) 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Court after Sentencing\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Lloyd Garrison (1859) 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Death of John Brown\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJefferson Davis (1861) 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFarewell to the Senate\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbraham Lincoln (1863) 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Gettysburg Address\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbraham Lincoln (1865) 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“With Malice toward None, with Charity for All”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHenry M. Turner (1868) 95\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I Hold That I Am a Member of This Body”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGeorge Graham Vest (1870) 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEulogy on the Dog\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCochise, Chiricahua Apache Chief (1872) 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“We Will Remain at Peace with Your People Forever”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSusan B. Anthony (1873) 101\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Are Women Persons?”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChief Joseph, Nez Perce (1877) 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I Will Fight No More Forever”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eElizabeth Cady Stanton (1892) 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Solitude of Self”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Jennings Bryan (1896) 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A Cross of Gold”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRussell Conwell (late 1890s) 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Acres of Diamonds”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarry Gladstone (1898) 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Machine Tenders Union\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMother Jones (1901) 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the United Mine Workers of America\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFlorence Kelley (1905) 120\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Freeing the Children from Toil”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMark Twain (1906) 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“In Behalf of Simplified Spelling”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTheodore Roosevelt (1910) 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCitizenship in a Republic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRose Schneiderman (1911) 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Triangle Shirtwaist Company Fire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Jay Chapman (1912) 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Coatesville Address\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStephen S. Wise (1914) 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTribute to Lincoln\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWoodrow Wilson (1915) 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“An Oath of Allegiance to a Great Ideal”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAnna Howard Shaw (1915) 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fundamental Principle of a Republic\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWoodrow Wilson (1917) 140\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The World Must Be Made Safe for Democracy”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmma Goldman (1917) 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“First Make Democracy Safe in America”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEugene V. Debs (1918) 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“While There Is a Lower Class, I Am in It”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eClarence Darrow (1924) 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn Defense of Leopold and Loeb\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlfred E. Smith (1928) 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Anything Un-American Cannot Live in the Sunlight”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranklin D. Roosevelt (1933) 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLou Gehrig (1939) 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHarold Ickes (1941) 160\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“What Constitutes an American?”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranklin D. Roosevelt (1941) 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A Date Which Will Live in Infamy”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLearned Hand (1944) 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Spirit of Liberty”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDwight D. Eisenhower (1944) 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Eyes of the World Are upon You”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFranklin D. Roosevelt (1944) . 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Fala Address\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDouglas MacArthur (1944) 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“People of the Philippines: I Have Returned”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoland Gittelsohn (1945) 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEulogy at the Marine Corps Cemetery\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlbert Einstein (1947) 176\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the United Nations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMargaret Chase Smith (1950) 179\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Four Horsemen of Calumny”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Faulkner (1950) 182\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I Decline to Accept the End of Man”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePearl Buck (1951) 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForbidden to Speak at Cardozo High School Graduation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharlotta Bass (1952) 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Let My People Go”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Nixon (1952) 190\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Checkers Speech\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Luther King Jr. (1955) 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“There Comes a Time When People Get Tired”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLangston Hughes (1957) 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“On the Blacklist All Our Lives”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRoy Wilkins (1957) 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Clock Will Not Be Turned Back”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn F. Kennedy (1961) 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Ask What You Can Do for Your Country”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDouglas MacArthur (1962) 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Duty, Honor, Country”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn F. Kennedy (1963) 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Let Them Come to Berlin”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Luther King Jr. (1963) 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I Have a Dream”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharles B. Morgan Jr. (1963) 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Four Little Girls Were Killed”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEarl Warren (1963) 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEulogy for President John F. Kennedy\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMalcolm X (1964) 216\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Ballot or the Bullet”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarry Goldwater (1964) 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Extremism in the Defense of Liberty Is No Vice”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMario Savio (1964) 223\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“History Has Not Ended”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLyndon Baines Johnson (1965) 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“We Shall Overcome”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAdlai Stevenson (1965) 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the United Nations\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWilliam Sloane Coffin Jr. (1967) 231\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Anvil of Individual Conscience”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCesar Chavez (1968) 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“God Help Us to Be Men!”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJ. William Fulbright (1968) 236\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Focus Is Vietnam”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMartin Luther King Jr. (1968) 239\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRobert F. Kennedy (1968) 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShirley Chisholm (1969) 245\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Business of America Is War”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrank James (1970) 248\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the 350th Anniversary of Plymouth\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eArchibald Cox (1971) 251\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“The Price of Liberty to Speak the Truth”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBarbara Jordan (1974) 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“My Faith in the Constitution Is Whole”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRichard Nixon (1974) 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I Shall Resign the Presidency”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSilvio Conte (1975) 258\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“I Must ‘Raise a Beef’ about This Bill”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDr. Seuss (1977) 260\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommencement Address at Lake Forest College\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEsther Cohen (1981) 261\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAt the Liberators Conference\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSamantha Smith (1983) 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Look Around and See Only Friends”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRonald Reagan (1986) 266\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Nation on the Challenger Disaster\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThurgood Marshall (1987) 268\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn the Bicentennial of the Constitution\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRonald Reagan (1987) 271\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Mr. Gorbachev, Tear Down This Wall!”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJesse Jackson (1988) 274\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the Democratic National Convention\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDaniel Inouye (1993) 276\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo the 442nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCal Ripken Jr. (1995) 279\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo His Fans\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCharles S. Robb (2000) 281\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“They Died for That Which Can Never Burn”\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: To the Young Speaker 285\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePermissions 287\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePhoto Credits 288\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Speakers 289\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Themes 291\u003c\/p\u003e How many of you remember the agony of having to memorize the Gettysburg Address in school? Or perhaps it was something by one of the founding father? \"Who needs this stuff?\" you would moan.\"What's the point?\"\u003cbr\u003eThe major problem with historic orations, students have always complained, is that they are dry. American Heritage, one of the foremost magazine about this nation's culture, has collected an eclectic set of speeches given not only by politicians, but also by people in many walks of life, from sports figures to \"ordinary\"people in extraordinary circumstances.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Book of Great American Speeches for Young People contains over 100 discourses on a myriad of topics. Some classics can be found within, such as Martin Luther King Jr.'s \"I Have a Dream and Franklin Delano Roosevelt's address after the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, \"a date which will live in infamy.\" On a lighter political note, there's the \"Checker's Speech,\" in which Richard Nixon swore that the only gift he received during 1952 campaign was a little cocker spaniel and that \"we're gonna keep him.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOther orators in The Book of Great American Speeches for Young People include Malcolm X, Langston Hughes, John F. Kennedy, Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mark Twain, just to name a few. Speechesare used to influence and encourage, so there are several \"declamations\" which consider the struggles for women's suffrage, civil right and the evils of slavery. And since the nation wasfounded on free speech, there are also numerous discourses of protest and dissent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe less earthshaking fare, though no less dramatic, is also here. Lou Gehrig paid an emotional farewell to baseball, in which, though stricken with the terminal illness that would one day bear his name, he considered himself \"the luckiest man on the face of the earth.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOne of the more poignant speeches, to which young readers willrelate, was given by 10-year old Samantha Smith in 1983 to the Children's Symposium on the Year 2001, after her impassioned letterto Soviet Premier Yuri Adropov made world news. The letter stated her fears nuclear war between his country and American, proving that young people can make that difference.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn addition to its generous collection, The Book of Great AmericanSpeeches for Young People encourages readers to speak out for what they believe in. Its concluding chapter on how (and why) to make aneffective speech will give the reader a boost of confidence and a skill which will prove useful long after school days are over. (BookPage, October 2001)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGr7 Up—A useful compendium of more than 100 speeches that spannearly 400 years of American history, from Powhatan (1609) to Senator Charles Robb (2000). Prominent orators include Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcolm X. Two indexes allow readers to find aselection by its speaker or its theme. Black-and-white photos andreproductions accompany many of the entries. Alongside the Founding Fathers and patriots are athletes, authors, and media celebrities.The speeches inform readers and provide examples of how the spoken word has affected Americans throughout our past.\u003cbr\u003e—David M.Alperstein, Queens Borough Public Library, NY (School LibraryJournal, December 2001)  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSUZANNE M\u003csmall\u003eC\u003c\/small\u003eINTIRE\u003c\/b\u003e has been collecting great speeches for many years. She is a freelance writer and the mother of two.  \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe history of the United States has been characterized by fervent idealism, intense struggle, and radical change. And for every critical, defining moment in American history, there were those whose impassioned voices rang out, clear and true, and whose words compelled the minds and hearts of all who heard them. When Patrick Henry declared, \"Give me liberty, or give me death!\", when Martin Luther King Jr. said, \"I have a dream\", Americans listened and were profoundly affected. These speeches stand today as testaments to this great nation made up of individuals with bold ideas and unshakeable convictions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe American Heritage\u003csup\u003e® \u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eBook of Great American Speeches for Young People\u003c\/i\u003e includes over 100 speeches by founding fathers, patriots, Native American and African American leaders, abolitionists, women's suffrage and labor activists, writers, athletes, and others from all walks of life, featuring inspiring and unforgettable speeches by such notable speakers as:\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, Tecumseh Frederick Douglass , Sojourner Truth, Abraham Lincoln, Susan B. Anthony, Mother Jones, Lou Gehrig, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Albert Einstein, Pearl S. Buck, Langston Hughes, John F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThese are the voices that shaped our history. 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