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Adam051188

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24. haven't seen Harriet Tubman's name yet
Thu Jan 2, 2014, 10:57 PM
Jan 2014

it really depends on what qualities you consider "quintessential american" i guess. for me it's selfless courage in the face of adversity. brains, creativity and talent are great but not really requisite.

Two Questions: [View all] H2O Man Jan 2014 OP
Ben Franklin, Lincoln, FDR, Ike MannyGoldstein Jan 2014 #1
if she runs i think she`ll win... madrchsod Jan 2014 #23
Ben Franklin is at the top of my list, also Warpy Jan 2014 #50
A thought-provoking question. democrank Jan 2014 #2
Mark Twain. Kingofalldems Jan 2014 #3
You beat me to it, Kingofalldems. lob1 Jan 2014 #55
My list would include James Earl Carter, 39th President of the United States. NYC_SKP Jan 2014 #4
Dylan, Malcolm X, Flannery O'Connor, Bill W. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #5
Without giving your question much thought, the names that immediately lept to mind were scarletwoman Jan 2014 #6
Melville? Seriously? hootinholler Jan 2014 #18
What can I say? I read Moby Dick from cover to cover 4 times. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #22
The 19th Century one hit wonder hootinholler Jan 2014 #31
You're just being mean. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #32
hoot read the Classics Illustrated version. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #36
Oh wow - I totally remember those! scarletwoman Jan 2014 #37
Nah it was some book club leather bound edition hootinholler Jan 2014 #40
No. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #42
Hey I'm not criticizing *you* hootinholler Jan 2014 #39
Forgive me, but I don't really know what the "Boston Album" might be. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #43
Michener! Of Course! hootinholler Jan 2014 #49
I read something ABOUT Michener hfojvt Jan 2014 #82
I think Melville is quintessentially American, and "Bartleby the Scrivener" is genius -- & also El_Johns Jan 2014 #71
I have often thought about reading "Bartleby the Scrivener" but A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #80
Hmmm 2naSalit Jan 2014 #73
Mark Twain. ljm2002 Jan 2014 #7
MLK and RFK. Scuba Jan 2014 #8
A very moving remembrance of Jim etherealtruth Jan 2014 #11
I have to kick this because I really want to read more responses. (nt) scarletwoman Jan 2014 #9
excellent question Adam051188 Jan 2014 #10
haven't seen Harriet Tubman's name yet Adam051188 Jan 2014 #24
Helen Keller, socialist, labor rights activist, suffragist, early supporter of the NAACP... Luminous Animal Jan 2014 #12
Such an excellent choice. Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #25
Eugene V. Debs - TBF Jan 2014 #13
Three. westerebus Jan 2014 #14
Mark Twain, Joseph Heller, Henry James, Emma Goldman, Edward Snowden, Joan Baez, Tierra_y_Libertad Jan 2014 #15
Claudette Colvin rug Jan 2014 #16
Thank you for remembering this remarkable forgotten woman Laughing Mirror Jan 2014 #86
Will Rogers Brother Buzz Jan 2014 #17
+1 FreeJoe Jan 2014 #100
I'll add some more names in order to keep this kicked up. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #19
Duke Ellington, Kurt Vonnegut, Susan B Anthony, Orson Wells, Harvey Milk, Malcolm X. Bluenorthwest Jan 2014 #20
ike.... madrchsod Jan 2014 #21
The millions of Americans who struggled most every day and died forgotten. Kaleva Jan 2014 #26
+1 El_Johns Jan 2014 #72
Smedley Butler and Edward Snowden GliderGuider Jan 2014 #27
Hear, hear! scarletwoman Jan 2014 #29
+100! nt LiberalEsto Jan 2014 #104
living - Bernie Sanders why? he knows what empathy is. deceased - they're all dead... Agony Jan 2014 #28
Thomas Jefferson, Martin Luther King. In the modern day - Edward Snowden, Glenn Greenwald quinnox Jan 2014 #30
A long list Beringia Jan 2014 #33
Nobody as disgustingly anti-Semitic as Henry Ford deserves a place on the list (nt) Nye Bevan Jan 2014 #41
Thomas Merton, yes. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #56
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague Jan 2014 #34
Waterman, it's not like you to post and run. I'm looking forward to you making some comments here. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #35
We're having a big storm H2O Man Jan 2014 #54
It's been below zero here for most of a month. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #62
I'm kind of partial to Sojourner Truth in the historical figure category Zorra Jan 2014 #38
A few of mine: H2O Man Jan 2014 #44
I simply can't answer this question hootinholler Jan 2014 #45
Some others: H2O Man Jan 2014 #46
John Trudell. Vine Deloria. scarletwoman Jan 2014 #52
Yep. H2O Man Jan 2014 #53
+1000 catbyte Jan 2014 #77
OK Skittles Jan 2014 #47
Yes, Rosa Parks, of course. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #51
A couple of friends: H2O Man Jan 2014 #48
Jodette Johnson. LeftyMom Jan 2014 #57
Very cool Beringia Jan 2014 #66
RFK, MLK, FDR abelenkpe Jan 2014 #58
To those above, I would add Robert Ingersoll and Dizzy Gillespie. immoderate Jan 2014 #59
Oh, Eugene McCarthy. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #60
Yes! scarletwoman Jan 2014 #64
Yep. A-Schwarzenegger Jan 2014 #65
You've never heard of them. Neither have I. Mister Ed Jan 2014 #61
I don't think the best our society has produced is newsworthy enough to know by name NoOneMan Jan 2014 #63
Good answer. polichick Jan 2014 #68
Thomas Paine and Howard Zinn, though I could choose so many others. Egalitarian Thug Jan 2014 #67
Grace Lee Boggs. (nt) scarletwoman Jan 2014 #69
Its obvious the answer is. Ron popeil and the sham wow guy! Drew Richards Jan 2014 #70
"the sham wow guy" H2O Man Jan 2014 #87
OMG H20 you crack me up Drew Richards Jan 2014 #91
didn't the sham wow guybgo fucking nuts or something? nt arely staircase Jan 2014 #99
George Washington Carver Rex Jan 2014 #74
When I lived in Europe, I had a circle of acquaintances who, when I was in a bad mood or El_Johns Jan 2014 #75
Martin Luther King, Jr. catbyte Jan 2014 #76
John Lewis is right up there... babylonsister Jan 2014 #78
George Carlin. westerebus Jan 2014 #79
ditto B Calm Jan 2014 #88
truth to power.. westerebus Jan 2014 #102
I'll drink to that CFLDem Jan 2014 #96
cheers westerebus Jan 2014 #103
Jonas Salk, Thomas Edison, Vida Dutton Scudder hfojvt Jan 2014 #81
Complex Question............ PDJane Jan 2014 #83
Clara Lemlich, she fought tirelessly for worker's rights, to the very end. countryjake Jan 2014 #84
some very great names here. let me add Satchel Paige, Randolph Bourne and Aldo Leopold to the list villager Jan 2014 #85
Roberto Clemente, Groucho Marx, Jack Benny, Louis Armstrong, Annie Peck, Joey Ramone, FSogol Jan 2014 #89
MLK for his argumentation and fearless civil rights work. ZombieHorde Jan 2014 #90
Norman Borlaug WilliamPitt Jan 2014 #92
Stephen Colbert. randome Jan 2014 #93
Dorothy and Bob DeBolt TexasBushwhacker Jan 2014 #94
FDR, Harry Hopkins, Steven Spielberg, George Gershwin and Upton Sinclair. LanternWaste Jan 2014 #95
Republican Jesus CFLDem Jan 2014 #97
Lincoln, MLK for how they shaped the country politically arely staircase Jan 2014 #98
my dad FreeJoe Jan 2014 #101
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