This land is your land, this land is my land
From California to the New York Island,
From the redwood forest to the Gulf Stream waters;
This land was made for you and me.

Woody Guthrie

This Land is Your Land

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Topic

America Equality

Speaker

Woody Guthrie

Source

This Land is Your Land

Medium

Song

Genre

Folk music

Language

English

Time

1945 1940s 20th century

Occupation

Singer Musician

From

United States

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Guthrie, Woodie. "This Land Is Your Land." Recorded 1944. Unknown manufacturer, 1945.

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There ain't any answer, there ain't going to be any answer, there never has been any answer, that’s the answer.

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Topic
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Gertrude Stein
Source
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Language
English
Time
1946 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Stein, Gertrude. Brewsie and Willie. Random House, 1946, ch. 5.

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The destiny of the colored American…is the destiny of America.

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Frederick Douglass
Medium
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Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1862 1860s 19th century
Authentication Score 2
Citation

Douglass, Frederick. "The Future of the Negro People of the Slave States." Emancipation League, 12 Feb. 1862, Tremont Temple, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Another quote from 1945

Sixteen hours ago an American airplane dropped one bomb on Hiroshima... The force from which the sun draws its power has been loosed against those who brought war to the Far East.

Harry Truman

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Topic
Nuclear weapons World War II
Speaker
Harry Truman
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1945 1940s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Truman, Harry S. First announcement of the atomic bomb. 6 Aug. 1945. The White House, Washington, DC, USA. Speech.

Current Citation

Truman, Harry S. "Statement by the President: Announcing the Use of the A-Bomb at Hiroshima." The Words of Harry S. Truman. Barnes & Noble, 1994.