Americans who Tell the TruthAs we in the United States have the right to speak the truth, we also have theneed to be told the truth. Throughout history, politicians, writers, environmentalists, political activists, and others have used this freedom to motivate and empower Americans to challenge the status quo. Artist Robert Shetterly's fifty portraits, combined with thought-provoking quotes and concise biographies, offer a powerful view into what it means to be American, to hold American values, and to be part of a democratic society. Included are Frederick Douglass, Rachel Carson, Chief Joseph, Rosa Parks, Cesar Chavez, Mark Twain, Woody Guthrie, and more. |
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activist Anthony became believed Chomsky civil rights country strong courage democracy divine floods DORIS HADDOCK Dorothea Lange Dorothy Day Eleanor Roosevelt elected ELIZABETH CADY STANTON Emma Goldman essay floods of light FRANCES MOORE LAPPÉ Frank Serpico Frederick Douglass HENRY DAVID THOREAU honest HOWARD ZINN human inspired to draw Iraq James Baldwin Jane Addams Jody Williams Jonathan Kozol journalist Judy Wicks justice Kathy Kelly labor land Lewis Lapham living economies Margaret Chase Smith Mark Twain Martin Luther King Molly Ivins Muhammad National Nobel Peace Prize organized Paul Robeson Perry Mann pesticides planned obsolescence police policy are silent political poverty president protect Rachel Carson racism radio Rosa Parks SAMANTHA SMITH says Senate Shetterly social Soviet Union speak Studs Terkel Susan teacher tell Terry Tempest Williams told the truth United vote WENDELL BERRY White Dog Café women writer York Zora Neale Hurston