Powerful words
Subtitle: more than 200 years of extraordinary writing by African Americans
By: Wade Hudson ; illustrated by Sean Qualls ; foreword by Marian Wright Edelman.
Publisher: Scholastic Nonfiction
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 178
Subjects: African Americans -- History -- Sources -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Quotations -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.; Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors -- Juvenile literature.; African Americans -- History -- Sources.; African Americans -- Quotations.; Quotations.; African Americans.; Speeches, addresses, etc.
Genres: Sources; Juvenile literature.; Quotations; Biography; Sources.; Quotations.
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-173) and index.