Full Texts and Resources
Stolen Hands, Stolen Lands: From 1619 to a Just Future
A Bibliography with links and citations to the full speeches heard this evening at The Riverside Church, NYC.
Enslavement to Pan-African Solidarity
“Prayer to Nwi”. African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade. Ed. Alice Ballagamba, Sandra E. Greene, Martin A. Klein. Cambridge University Press. p.139.
Frederick Douglass, Speech on West India Emancipation, August 3, 1857.
Jan. 13, 1777, abolitionist Prince Hall and seven other African Americans presented a petition for freedom to the Massachusetts Council and the House of Representatives. Transcript.
Secret Keeper Richmond (Unknown) to Secret Keeper Norfolk (1793). In "A Letter to and From Slave Rebels," in Herbert Aptheker, A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States, vol. 1 (New York: Citadel Press, 1951), p. 28. From the South Carolina Historical Commission, Columbia, SG.
Maria Stewart . “African Rights and Liberty” speech delivered at African Masonic Hall in Boston, February 27, 1833. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009.
W.E.B. du Bois. Autobiography of W.E.B. DuBois. 1940.
Leopold Sedar Senghor, “Prayer for Peace”. 1945.
Occupation to Decolonization
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Why We Can’t Wait. 1964.
Joy Harjo, “Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings”. W.W. Norton, 2015.
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, Speech in Washington D.C., 1879.
Frank B. James, Suppressed speech to be given at the 350th anniversary of the pilgrim’s landing at Plymouth Rock, September 10, 1970.
Alcatraz Proclamation by Indians of All Tribes, “To the Great White Father and his People”. November 20, 1969.
We Are the History of a Just Future
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Beyond Vietnam”. Speech delivered at The Riverside Church, April 4, 1967. Transcript &
Audio
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. April 16, 1963
Angelina E. Grimké. A public letter written in 1837 on the topic of women’s rights.
Helen Keller, speaking at Carnegie Hall on January 5, 1916 under the auspices of the Women’s Peace Party and the Labor Forum. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009. p.284 Transcript
Yuri Kochiyama, “Then Came the War”, 1991. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009.
September 1964, civil rights icon Fanny Lou Hamer addressed a mass meeting in Indianola, Mississippi. Transcript of her speech
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, spoke at the group’s march and rally in Sacramento. April 10, 1966. Transcript
Elliott James "L.D." Barkley. Speech from Attica Prison, September 9, 1971. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009. p.498.
Ed Roberts. Speech at 504 sit-in victory rally in San Francisco, April 30, 1977. Transcript
Sylvia Riviera. Talk at LGMNY, June 2001 Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York City. Transcript
Monami Maulik. “Organizing in our Communities Post-September 11 (2001)”. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009. p.606
Gustavo Madrigal-Piña. “Undocumented and Unafraid”. Speech delivered at University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia on August 22, 2011. Voices of a People’ History, 10th Anniversary Edition. Seven Stories Press, 2014.
Cheryl Angel on November 27, 2016 at the Standing Rock occupation to stop the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. Read an interview and watch video clips of here speech here
Enslavement to Pan-African Solidarity
“Prayer to Nwi”. African Voices on Slavery and the Slave Trade. Ed. Alice Ballagamba, Sandra E. Greene, Martin A. Klein. Cambridge University Press. p.139.
Frederick Douglass, Speech on West India Emancipation, August 3, 1857.
Jan. 13, 1777, abolitionist Prince Hall and seven other African Americans presented a petition for freedom to the Massachusetts Council and the House of Representatives. Transcript.
Secret Keeper Richmond (Unknown) to Secret Keeper Norfolk (1793). In "A Letter to and From Slave Rebels," in Herbert Aptheker, A Documentary History of the Negro People in the United States, vol. 1 (New York: Citadel Press, 1951), p. 28. From the South Carolina Historical Commission, Columbia, SG.
Maria Stewart . “African Rights and Liberty” speech delivered at African Masonic Hall in Boston, February 27, 1833. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009.
W.E.B. du Bois. Autobiography of W.E.B. DuBois. 1940.
Leopold Sedar Senghor, “Prayer for Peace”. 1945.
Occupation to Decolonization
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Why We Can’t Wait. 1964.
Joy Harjo, “Conflict Resolution for Holy Beings”. W.W. Norton, 2015.
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce, Speech in Washington D.C., 1879.
Frank B. James, Suppressed speech to be given at the 350th anniversary of the pilgrim’s landing at Plymouth Rock, September 10, 1970.
Alcatraz Proclamation by Indians of All Tribes, “To the Great White Father and his People”. November 20, 1969.
We Are the History of a Just Future
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Beyond Vietnam”. Speech delivered at The Riverside Church, April 4, 1967. Transcript &
Audio
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. April 16, 1963
Angelina E. Grimké. A public letter written in 1837 on the topic of women’s rights.
Helen Keller, speaking at Carnegie Hall on January 5, 1916 under the auspices of the Women’s Peace Party and the Labor Forum. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009. p.284 Transcript
Yuri Kochiyama, “Then Came the War”, 1991. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009.
September 1964, civil rights icon Fanny Lou Hamer addressed a mass meeting in Indianola, Mississippi. Transcript of her speech
Dolores Huerta, co-founder of the National Farm Workers Association, spoke at the group’s march and rally in Sacramento. April 10, 1966. Transcript
Elliott James "L.D." Barkley. Speech from Attica Prison, September 9, 1971. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009. p.498.
Ed Roberts. Speech at 504 sit-in victory rally in San Francisco, April 30, 1977. Transcript
Sylvia Riviera. Talk at LGMNY, June 2001 Lesbian and Gay Community Services Center, New York City. Transcript
Monami Maulik. “Organizing in our Communities Post-September 11 (2001)”. Voices of a People’s History of the United States. ed. Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Seven Stories Press, 2009. p.606
Gustavo Madrigal-Piña. “Undocumented and Unafraid”. Speech delivered at University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia on August 22, 2011. Voices of a People’ History, 10th Anniversary Edition. Seven Stories Press, 2014.
Cheryl Angel on November 27, 2016 at the Standing Rock occupation to stop the Dakota Access and Keystone XL pipelines. Read an interview and watch video clips of here speech here
