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Cultural literacy list guides American education push
Author Hirsch describes Cultural Literacy as an essential cultural dictionary for Americans. The 64 page appendix to Cultural Literacy lists over 90 percent agreement among 100 consultants on items, spanning figures from Will Rogers to Muhammad Ali and terms like nuclear family and Pearl Harbor.
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Hirsch
William J. Bennett
American Federation of Teachers
Albert Shanker
Bennett
Vanessa Williams
Woody Allen
Will Rogers
Ralph Nader
Mayor Daley
the Richard
Muhammad ‘Ali
Mark ‘Twain
Martin Luther King Jr
Abraham Lincoln
Billy Graham
Duke Ellington
Joe Louis
Gloria Steinem
P.T. Barnum
Jean Paul Sartre
Ginger
Fred Astaire
Jerry Falwell
Betty Friedan
Ayatollah Khomeini
Pearl Harbor
Alamo
Maine