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"Akron, Ohio, 1851: A brother and sister listen to Sojourner Truth deliver her speech. Aligned with curriculum standards, these narrative-nonfiction books also highlight key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Media Literacy, and Civic Literacy. Thought-provoking content and hands-on activities encourage critical thinking. Book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and timeline"--.

"Monroe County, New York, 1873: Confused on what to think about the suffragist movement, a young boy stops at one of Susan B. Anthony's pre-trial speeches. Aligned with curriculum standards, these narrative-nonfiction books also highlight key 21st Century content: Global Awareness, Media Literacy, and Civic Literacy. Thought-provoking content and hands-on activities encourage critical thinking. Book includes a table of contents, glossary of key words, index, author biography, sidebars, and timeline"--.

"President Jos? Mujica of Uruguay's 2012 speech on climate change delivered to the United Nations"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the origins of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech and discusses the impact it had on American politics and society.

A collection of essays on Americans.

Profiles Martin Luther King, Jr. as told from the perspective of the author, his niece. Reveals how King used the power of words to fight for equality and freedom and spotlights his importance to the Civil Rights Movement.

Collects the speeches of Sagoyewatha, or Red Jacket, a nineteenth-century Native American orator who served as a representative of the Seneca and the Six Nations.

Presents a collection of speeches, addresses, and letters written by Abraham Lincoln including his message to a special session of Congress in July 1861, his First Inaugural Address in 1862, the Gettysburg Address, and blends history and biography of the sixteenth president.

Examines Abraham Lincoln's pre-presidential address at Cooper Union, New York, in February 1860, placing the speech in the context of the times and discussing how Lincoln used the speech to continue his debates with rival Democrat Stephen A. Douglas.

Chronicles the life of Chief Seattle and discusses how he fought the United States government's attempts to force the Native people of Washington's Puget Sound to live on reservations.