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Viggo Mortensen reads Bartolomé de Las Casas Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 528 seconds 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. Related: americans, bartolome, casas, de, history, las, mortensen, native, peoples, reading, spoken, viggo, voices, word |
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Mos Def Reads Malcolm X Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 328 seconds 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) http://www.amazon .com/Voices-Peoples- History-United-State s/dp/1583226281 or http://www.sevens tories.com/book/?GCO I=58322100666900 Related: def, history, malcolm, mos, peoples, rapper, reading, spoken, voices, word |
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Alice Walker reads Sojourner Truth Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 193 seconds 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. Related: abolition, alice, history, peoples, reading, slavery, sojouner, spoken, truth, voices, walker, word |
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Kerry Washington reads Sojourner Truth Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 189 seconds 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. Related: abolition, history, kerry, peoples, reading, slavery, sojouner, spoken, truth, voices, washington, word |
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Steve Earle sings Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land" Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 277 seconds 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. Related: earle, guthrie, history, peoples, reading, spoken, steve, voices, woody, word |
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Danny Glover Reads Frederick Douglass Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 365 seconds 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.) Related: actor, danny, douglass, frederick, glover, history, peoples, reading, spoken, voices, word |
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Sandra Oh reads Emma Goldman Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 246 seconds 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.) Related: anarchy, emma, goldman, history, oh, peoples, reading, sandra, spoken, voices, word |
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Danny Glover reads Langston Hughes "Ballad of Roosevelt" Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 108 seconds Actor Danny Glover reads Langston Hughes's epic 1934 poem "Ballad of Roosevelt." Part of a May 2, 2007, reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove) http://www.amazon .com/Voices-Peoples- History-United-State s/d p/1583226281 or http://www.sevens tories.com/book/?GCO I=58322100666900 Related: 1934, actor, african, american, ballad, black, danny, glover, harlem, hughes, lanston, poet, renaissance, roosevelt |
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John Sayles reads Bartolome de Las Casas Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 281 seconds Film maker and writer John Sayles 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,) May 2, 2007 in New York, New York. Related: americans, bartolome, casas, de, history, john, las, native, peoples, reading, sayles, spoken, voices, word |
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Wallace Shawn reads Howard Zinn Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 554 seconds 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. Related: civil, disobedience, history, howard, peoples, reading, shawn, spoken, voices, wallace, word, zinn |
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Allison Moorer sings Yip Harburg's "Brother Can You Spare... Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 131 seconds 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) http://www.amazon .com/Voices-Peoples- History-United-State s/d p/1583226281 or http://www.sevens tories.com/book/?GCO I=58322100666900 Related: 1932, allison, brother, can, depression, dime, great, harburg, moorer, song, spare, yip, you |
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Benjamin Bratt reads Orlando and Phyllis Rodriguez Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 151 seconds Benjamin Bratt reads Orlando and Phyllis Rodriguez's letter, "Not in Our Son's Name," distributed to the media on September 15, 2001. 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. Related: arnove, benjamin, bratt, history, orlando, peoples, performance, phyllis, rodriguez, spoken, word, zinn |
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Alfre Woodard reads Sojourner Truth Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 224 seconds Alfre Woodard reads "Ain't I a Woman?", a speech delivered by abolitionist Sojourner Truth at the Women's Convention in 1851. Part of a reading from Voices of a People's History of the United States (Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove,)February 1, 2007 at All Saints Church in Pasadena, CA. Related: alfre, arnove, history, peoples, performance, sojourner, spoken, sufferage, truth, voices, woodard, word, zinn |
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Steve Earle reads Bartolomeo Vanzetti Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 154 seconds 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 Related: anarchist, bartolomeo, earle, history, peoples, reading, sacco, spoken, steve, vanzetti, voices, word |
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Q'Orianka Kilcher reads Chief Joseph Posted by: arnove
Video duration: 343 seconds 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. Related: arnove, chief, history, joseph, kilcher, peoples, performance, qorianka, spoken, word, zinn |















