Unsung Heroes

Elizabeth Ross Haynes (1883 - 1953)

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

Genre(s): Biography & Autobiography

Language: English

Section Chapter Reader Time
Play 00 Foreword Jim Locke
00:01:47
Play 01 Frederick Douglass, part 1 Jim Locke
00:21:47
Play 02 Frederick Douglass, part 2 Jim Locke
00:16:39
Play 03 Paul Laurence Dunbar, part 1 Larry Wilson
00:11:35
Play 04 Paul Laurence Dunbar, part 2 Larry Wilson
00:15:05
Play 05 Booker Taliaferro Washington, part 1 Jill Engle
00:12:15
Play 06 Booker Taliaferro Washington, part 2 Jill Engle
00:15:56
Play 07 Harriet Tubman Jason in Panama
00:20:54
Play 08 Alexander Sergyeyevich Pushkin Larry Wilson
00:13:47
Play 09 Blanche Kelso Bruce Jim Locke
00:09:28
Play 10 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, part 1 James K. White
00:16:16
Play 11 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, part 2 Jim Locke
00:15:31
Play 12 Benjamin Banneker Jim Locke
00:16:48
Play 13 Phillis Wheatley Kathleen Flanary
00:15:16
Play 14 Toussaint L'Ouverture Larry Wilson
00:11:12
Play 15 Josiah Henson Jim Locke
00:22:56
Play 16 Sojourner Truth Jim Locke
00:23:41
Play 17 Crispus Attucks Jim Locke
00:09:43
Play 18 Alexandre Dumas Jason in Panama
00:13:00
Play 19 Paul Cuffé Jim Locke
00:14:00
Play 20 Alexander Crummell Tone Cluster
00:05:25
Play 21 John Mercer Langston tovarisch
00:16:34