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    Black Hawk Surrender Speech

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    Actor Don Cheadle performs Chief Black Hawk's surrender speech at the end of the Black Hawk War in 1832.

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  • Christina Kirk: Susan B. Anthony
    Christina Kirk: Susan B. Anthony

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    Actors Christina Kirk and Josh Brolin perform the speeches made at Susan B. Anthony's suffrage trial.

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  • Matt Damon: The Declaration of Independence
    Matt Damon: The Declaration of Independence

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    Actor Matt Damon performs and discusses the Declaration of Independence.

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  • Josh Brolin: Bartolomeo Vanzetti
    Josh Brolin: Bartolomeo Vanzetti

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    Actor Josh Brolin performs the words of an Italian immigrant after his unjust trial that resulted in a death sentence.

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  • Goldman on Patriotism
    Goldman on Patriotism

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    Actress Sandra Oh reads Emma Goldman's view on patriotism in America.

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  • Letter to Sarah Logue
    Letter to Sarah Logue

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    Actor Benjamin Bratt reads a letter from a runaway slave to his former master.

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