"Zinn gives us not so much a sequel as a source document for his classic A People's History of the United States: speeches, writings, poems, songs, court testimonies and more that bring our country's neglected history to life. ""I wanted the voices of struggle, mostly absent from our history books, to be given the place they deserve,"" Zinn writes. ""Working people, people of color, or women - once they organize and protest and create movements - have a voice no government can suppress."""