We Speak Your Names: A Celebration

In the tradition of Maya Angelou’s Phenomenal Woman, We Speak Your Names is an inspiring poem from New York Times bestselling author Pearl Cleage for all women—a perfect holiday gift destined to become a classic.

This is the poem that served as a centerpiece for Oprah’s documentary, “Legends Ball,” which aired in October 2005. O Magazine published an excerpt of the poem in August 2005, and this season, Oprah is promoting the poem’s publication in hardback by Random House in April 2006.

Angela Basset, Phylicia Rashad, Halle Berry, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Aretha Franklin, Coretta Scott King, Alicia Keys, Lena Horne, Toni Morrison, Rosa Parks, Tina Turner, and Diana Ross were among the many readers of the poem at the Legends Ball and many of them will be offering comments on the book.

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We Speak Your Names: A Celebration

In the tradition of Maya Angelou’s Phenomenal Woman, We Speak Your Names is an inspiring poem from New York Times bestselling author Pearl Cleage for all women—a perfect holiday gift destined to become a classic.

This is the poem that served as a centerpiece for Oprah’s documentary, “Legends Ball,” which aired in October 2005. O Magazine published an excerpt of the poem in August 2005, and this season, Oprah is promoting the poem’s publication in hardback by Random House in April 2006.

Angela Basset, Phylicia Rashad, Halle Berry, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Aretha Franklin, Coretta Scott King, Alicia Keys, Lena Horne, Toni Morrison, Rosa Parks, Tina Turner, and Diana Ross were among the many readers of the poem at the Legends Ball and many of them will be offering comments on the book.

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In the tradition of Maya Angelou’s Phenomenal Woman, We Speak Your Names is an inspiring poem from New York Times bestselling author Pearl Cleage for all women—a perfect holiday gift destined to become a classic.

This is the poem that served as a centerpiece for Oprah’s documentary, “Legends Ball,” which aired in October 2005. O Magazine published an excerpt of the poem in August 2005, and this season, Oprah is promoting the poem’s publication in hardback by Random House in April 2006.

Angela Basset, Phylicia Rashad, Halle Berry, Maya Angelou, Alice Walker, Aretha Franklin, Coretta Scott King, Alicia Keys, Lena Horne, Toni Morrison, Rosa Parks, Tina Turner, and Diana Ross were among the many readers of the poem at the Legends Ball and many of them will be offering comments on the book.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780786153695
Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Publication date: 04/12/2006
Edition description: Unabridged

About the Author

About The Author

Pearl Cleage is the author of Mad at Miles: A Black Woman's Guide to Truth and Deals with the Devil and Other Reasons to Riot. An accomplished playwright, she teaches playwriting at Spelman College, is a cofounder of the literary magazine Catalyst and writes a column for the Atlanta Tribune. Ms. Cleage lives in Atlanta with her husband.

Pearl Cleage is the author of Mad at Miles: A Black Woman's Guide to Truth and Deals with the Devil and Other Reasons to Riot. An accomplished playwright, she teaches playwriting at Spelman College, is a cofounder of the literary magazine Catalyst and writes a column for the Atlanta Tribune. Ms. Cleage lives in Atlanta with her husband.

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We Speak Your Names


By Pearl Cleage with Zaron W. Burnett, Jr.

Random House

Pearl Cleage with Zaron W. Burnett, Jr.
All right reserved.

ISBN: 0345490274


Chapter One

Because we are free women,

born of free women,

who are born of free women,

back as far as time begins,

we celebrate your freedom.

Because we are wise women,

born of wise women,

who are born of wise women,

we celebrate your wisdom.

Because we are strong women,

born of strong women,

who are born of strong women,

we celebrate your strength.

Because we are magical women,

born of magical women,

who are born of magical women,

we celebrate your magic.

My sisters, we are gathered here to speak your names...


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