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We Rise: Speeches by Inspirational Black Women is a rare compilation of memorable speeches delivered by celebrated African-American women from both the past and present. Spanning decades and elucidating the fight for equality, it not only captures important pieces of Black history, but reveals the struggle from a female perspective. The live recordings in this captivating collection are preceded by a short biography to introduce each speaker.

Dr. Walter Turnbull dreamed of creating opportunities and better lives for the children of Harlem. Lift Every Voice is the story of how he realized his dream. Dr. Turnbull shares the hard bought wisdom he learned throughout his life...from his childhood in Mississippi to his experiences as founder and director of the now famous Grammy Award-winning Boys Choir of Harlem, and talks about how to teach children that with hard work, discipline, and self-respect they can attain their highest goals.

This is the story of an extraordinary friendship between two remarkable women, both caught in the shadow of slavery in the 19th-century South. One is an escaped black slave under sentence of death; the other is white, yet committed to end the horrors her neighbors accept as a matter of course. Ruby Dee's passionate and sensitive readings gives a poignant sense of reality to this magnificent novel of courage, daring and love.