Actor Viggo Mortensen reads the words of missionary Bartolome de Las Casas who traveled to the America's at the same time at Chirstopher Columbus. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove) October 5th, 2005 in Los Angeles, California.
Hip hop, rap and spoken word artist Mos Def reads Malcolm X's "Message to the Grass Roots" on November 9, 2006. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn
and Anthony Arnove)
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Musician Steve Earle sings Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land." Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove) Berkeley, California on November 11, 2006.
Poet Alice Walker reads the 1851 speech of abolitionist Sojourner Truth. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove,) Novemeber 11, 2006 in Berkeley, California.
Actor Danny Glover reads abolitionist Frederick Douglass's "Fourth of July Speech, 1852" on October 5, 2005 in Los Angeles, California. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove.)
Actor Wallace Shawn reads the speech of historian Howard Zinn given at Johns Hopkins University on Civil Disobedience, November 1970. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove,) May 2, 2007 in New York, NY.
Q'Orianka Kilcher reads Chief Joseph's account of his 1879 trip to Washington, DC. Part of a reading of Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove) at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA on February 1, 2007.
Actress Kerry Washington reads the 1851 speech of abolitionist Sojourner Truth. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove) October 5, 2005 in Los Angeles California.
Actress Sandra Oh reads the speech given by anarchist Emma Goldman in San Francisco before the United States entered WWI. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States given October 5, 2005 in Los Angeles California (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove.)
Actor Danny Glover reads from Langston Hughes's poem "Montage of a Dream Deferred." Part of a May 2, 2007, reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove)
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Actress Sandra Oh reads the speech given by Yuri Kochiyama who was held in a Japanese internment camp during WWII. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States given October 5, 2005 in Los Angeles California (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove.)
Q'Orianka Kilcher reads Rita Lasar's essay, " To Avoid Another September 11, U.S. Must Join the World." Lasar is the founder of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows. Part of a reading of Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove) at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA on February 1, 2007.
Singer Allison Moorer sings Yip Harburg's 1932 "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" Part of a May 2, 2007, reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove)
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Actress Marisa Tomei reads the speech given by Cindy Sheehan at the 2004 Vertern's for Peace Conference after her son Casey died serving in Iraq. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States given October 5, 2005 in Los Angeles California (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove.)
Musician reads the words of Bartolomeo Vanzetti from his final sentencing April 9, 1927. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn
and Anthony Arnove,) Berkeley, California on November 11, 2006