Tag Archives: "Nation's Strength"

A Nation’s Strength: Truth and Honor

By Robin Bates | Published: July 3, 2021

Ralph Waldo Emerson speaks to America’s core ideals in “A Nation’s Strength.” Now we just have to honor them.

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Use Poetry to Teach American Civics

By Robin Bates | Published: January 12, 2021

Poetry can be used to teach core American values, which we need at the moment more than ever.

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An Inspiring Speech Draws Upon Poetry

By Robin Bates | Published: March 10, 2015

Obama drew powerfully from James Baldwin, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Langston Hughes, and Walt Whitman in his Selma speech.

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