Today, we bring you sounds and stories from the People's Summit. Over 3,000 people gathered in Chicago in June 2016 to discuss the past and future in the movements for racial, social and economic justice. In this hour, we'll listen in on a performance at the Summit called "The People Speak." We'll hear dramatic readings of speeches, letters, poems, songs, petitions and manifestoes that tell the stories of people throughout U.S. history who struggled against slavery, racism, war, oppression and exploitation and articulated a vision for a better world. The performance was inspired by Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the United States," and featured a dozen actors: Allison Moorer, Hari Kondabolu, Max Carver, Rosario Dawson, Gaby Hoffman, Brian Jones, Wallace Shawn, Frances Fisher, Helen Hong, Eddie Kaye Thomas, Kendrick Sampson and Charlene Yee. This is Part 1 of "The People Speak."
