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Including a never-before published speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., this is the first compilation of its kind, bringing together the most influential and important voices from two hundred years of America's struggle for civil rights, including essential speeches from leaders, both famous and obscure. With voices as diverse as Cesar Chavez, Harvey Milk, Betty Friedan, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, this anthology constitutes a unique chronicle of the nation's civil rights movements and the critical issues they've tackled, from slavery and suffrage to immigration and affirmative action.This is an indispensable compilation of the words - the ripples of hope- that, collectively, have changed American history.

Joshua Gottheimer is a summa cum laude graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and a student at Harvard Law School. A former Sir John and Lady Thouron Fellow at Pembroke College, Oxford, he is now a candidate for a doctor of philosophy in modern history there. From 1998 to 2001 he was the special assistant, speechwriter, and staff director to former president Bill Clinton. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.