Learn About Americans Who Tell The Truth

I just came across this article which I thought was GREAT and wanted to share it. (there may be some disagreements, but if there are, let's discuss them just like we would discuss agreements)

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Americans Who Tell the Truth by Robert Shetterly Robert Shetterly's remarkable collection of portraits reminds us of the dignity, courage and importance of America's truth tellers. New England artist Robert Shetterly began painting portraits of Americans he admired at a time when he was deeply saddened and angry at what was becoming of the U.S. “My respect and love for these people and their courage helped to transform that anger into hope and pride and allowed me to draw strength from this community of truth tellers.” Read more from artist Robert Shetterly. Click on the thumbnails or names below to see some of Robert Shetterly's portraits of American Truth Tellers and read their inspiring truths. Abbey Ali Anthony Baker Baldwin Benjamin Berry Boggs Carson Chavez Chisholm Chomsky Coffin Corrie Davis Debs Douglass DuBois Edelman Eisenhower Ellison Farmer Gelbspan Goff Goldman Goodman Granny D Grossman Guthrie Hughes Hurston Jensen Jones Jones Keller Kelly Kelly Kennedy King Kozol LaDuke Lange Lappé Lincoln Macy Mann Mayers McKibben Miller Moyers Muir Nader Parks Phillips Rankin Robeson Roosevelt Rovics Seeger Sheehan Smith Stanton Terkel Thomas Thompson Thoreau Truth Tubman Twain Waters Whitman Wicks Williams Williams Wilson Woodward Malcolm X Yalektit Yeh Zinn See the full series of Robert Shetterly’s portraits at www.americanswhotellthetruth.org. Tools for Teaching: see the acompanying curriculum materials with suggestions on how to use the portraits and biographies of these American truth-tellers in your classroom. Source