Unsung Heroes
Elizabeth Ross Haynes
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This book consists of 17 biographies of remarkable men and women who, in 1921, were "unsung." Some of them are now pretty well known while others are still, sadly, rather unrecognized. Written by Elizabeth Ross Haynes (herself a African American activist and social worker in the first half of the 20th century), her heroes include Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Laurence Dunbar, Toussaint L'Ouverture, Alexandre Dumas, and many others. - Summary by kathrinee (5 hr 19 min)
Chapters
| Foreword | 1:47 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Frederick Douglass, part 1 | 21:47 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Frederick Douglass, part 2 | 16:39 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar, part 1 | 11:35 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar, part 2 | 15:05 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Booker Taliaferro Washington, part 1 | 12:15 | Read by Jill Engle |
| Booker Taliaferro Washington, part 2 | 15:56 | Read by Jill Engle |
| Harriet Tubman | 20:54 | Read by Jason in Panama |
| Alexander Sergyeyevich Pushkin | 13:47 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Blanche Kelso Bruce | 9:28 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, part 1 | 16:16 | Read by James K. White |
| Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, part 2 | 15:31 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Benjamin Banneker | 16:48 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Phillis Wheatley | 15:16 | Read by Kathleen Flanary |
| Toussaint L'Ouverture | 11:12 | Read by Larry Wilson |
| Josiah Henson | 22:56 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Sojourner Truth | 23:41 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Crispus Attucks | 9:43 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Alexandre Dumas | 13:00 | Read by Jason in Panama |
| Paul Cuffé | 14:00 | Read by Jim Locke |
| Alexander Crummell | 5:25 | Read by Tone Cluster |
| John Mercer Langston | 16:34 | Read by tovarisch |
Reviews
interesting!
Basquetteur
The heroes portrayed are: musician Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, poetess Phillis Wheatley, writers Paul Laurence Dunbar, Alexandre Dumas and Alexander Pushkin, astronomer Benjamin Banneker, social leader Harriet Tubman, abolitionist Frederick Douglass, educator and statesman Booker T. Washington, US senator Blanche Kelso Bruce, suffragist Sojourner Truth, rebel in Boston Crispus Attucks, scholar and congressman John Mercer Langston, minister and missionary Alexander Crummell, soldier and president of Haiti Toussaint L'Ouverture, servant Josiah Henson and sailor Paul Cuffé