ITEM OVERVIEW
Bold and empowering words from America's struggles, past and present, are resurrected here by some of our leading living voices. Authors Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove are joined here by Danny Glover, Sarah Jones, Paul Robeson,Jr., Lili Taylor, Wallace Shawn, Marisa Tomei, John Sayles, Viggo Mortensen, Sandra Oh and Kerry Washingon to perform the rousing words of dissent that have shaped and quickened the pulse of a nation. This audio CD consists of sixteen readings thoughtfully selected by Zinn and Arnove from Voices of a People's History ofthe United States, the long-awaited primary source companion to Zinn's seminal A People's History of the United States. Among them,a spirited Christina Kirk as a willful Susan B. Anthony objects to her arrest for "knowingly voting without having a lawful right to vote," Paul Robeson, Jr. delivers Langston Hughes from 1934, John Sayles reads the words of Mark Twain,and Sarah Jones reads Native American resister and Shawnee leader Tecumseh's stirring appeal to the Osage people to unite against colonial forces. The voices of our history are given new voices, the brazen spirit of rebellion and resistance are alive and well again. 80 minutes.
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