The Voice of a People
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What does it mean to be Black in America and how has that experience changed over time? Featuring such orators as Frederick Douglass, Ida B. Wells and Maria W. Stewart, The Voice of a People: Speeches from Black America hopes to answer that question in a powerful collection of speeches by some of the nation's leading Black intellectuals, activists, artists and organizers.
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Catherine Louisa Pirkis (1839-1910) was a British author known for her detective fiction. Pirkis wrote fourteen novels and contributed to many magazines and journals, sometimes publishing under her initials, C.L Pirkis, to avoid gender discrimination. Later in her life, Pirkis transitioned away from her writing career to join her husband, Frederick Pirkis, in his fight for animals' rights. Together, the couple founded an activist organization to save animals from cruel conditions. Their organization continues their advocacy today, and now goes by the name "Dogs Trust".
