Hudson, Wade.

Powerful words : more than 200 years of extraordinary writing by African Americans / Wade Hudson ; illustrated by Sean Qualls ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman. - New York : Scholastic Nonfiction, c2004. - xv, 178 p. : ports. ; 27 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-173) and index.

A collection of speeches and writings by African Americans, with commentary about the time period in which each person lived, information about the speaker/writer, and public response to the words.

0439409691

2003042792


African Americans--Biography--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--Quotations--Juvenile literature.
African Americans--History--Sources--Juvenile literature.
Speeches, addresses, etc., American--African American authors--Juvenile literature.
African Americans.
African Americans--Quotations.
African Americans--History--Sources.
Quotations.
Speeches, addresses, etc.

E184.6 / .H83 2004

081/.089/96073