The purpose of this page is to introduce the book "Extreme Virtue: Truth and Leadership in Five Great American Lives," and to point toward sources of information on the five figures lionized therein: Emma Goldman, Voltairine de Cleyre, Barry Goldwater, John Fire Lame Deer, and Malcolm X.

read the introduction

order:



Resources on:

Emma Goldman:
The amazing Emma Goldman papers project at Berkeley, under Candace Falk.
Goldman page at the Anarchy Archives

Her classic autobiography:



Some of her writings:



Excellent recent biographies:





Voltairine de Cleyre:

Voltarine bit at Anarchy Archives.

Sharon Presley's Volatairine page

Read a version of the Voltairine chapter



Barry Goldwater:

text of his 1964 acceptance speech at the republican convention:

One of the autobiographies:


Richard Perlstein's recent book:




John Fire Lame Deer:

The great and hilarious autobiography, with Richard Erdoes:


Exellent book by his son, Archie:


Clyde Holler's fine book on Lakota religion:




Malcolm X:

columns:

auction x
faith based


my book "act like you know" includes a long chapter on malcolm


the autobiography, one of the most widely read books of the 20th century


speeches etc: well worth your attention.


half of decaro's excekllent religious portrait:


spike lee's interpretation of the autobio, starring denzel:



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