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The 100 Greatest Americans of the 20th Century: A Social Justice Hall of Fame
by
Peter Dreier
A hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women’s suffrage, laws protecting the environment, an end to lynching, or a federal minimum wage was considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted— because the radical ideas of one generation are often the common sense of the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier ge...more
Paperback, 512 pages
Published
June 26th 2012
by Nation Books
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One hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, a federal minimum wage, or laws protecting the environment would have been considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted. The radical ideas of one generation often become common sense for the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of organizers, activists, writers, artists, and progressive politicians who challenged the statu...more
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One hundred years ago, any soapbox orator who called for women's suffrage, a federal minimum wage, or laws protecting the environment would have been considered a utopian dreamer or a dangerous socialist. Now we take these ideas for granted. The radical ideas of one generation often become common sense for the next. We all stand on the shoulders of earlier generations of organizers, activists, writers, artists, and progressive politicians who challenged the statu...more
Outstanding topic. Perfect book for teaching high schoolers about social justice and effects of politically progressive American Heroes. With that said, the book is written at a level that is a tad sophomoric.
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