Ripples Of Hope: Great American Civil Rights SpeechesRipples of Hope brings together the most influential and important civil rights speeches from the entire range of American history-from the colonial period to the present. Gathered from the great speeches of the civil rights movement of African Americans, Asian Americans, gays, Hispanic Americans, and women, Ripples of Hope includes voices as diverse as Sister Souljah, Spark Matsui, and Harvey Milk, which, taken as a whole, constitute a unique chronicle of the modern civil rights movement. Featuring a foreword by President Bill Clinton and an afterword by Mary Frances Berry, this collection represents not just a historical first but also an indispensable resource for readers searching for an alternative history of American rhetoric. Edited and with an introduction by former Clinton speechwriter Josh Gottheimer, the stirring speeches that make up this volume provide an important perspective on our nation's development, and will inform the future debate on civil rights. |
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... all these sacrifices to be made? He would sooner submit himself to a tax for paying for all the Negroes in the U[nited] States, than saddle posterity with such a Constitution. A FREE NEGRO (NAME UNKNOWN) Blood and Slavery 1789 If.
... all these sacrifices to be made? He would sooner submit himself to a tax for paying for all the Negroes in the U[nited] States, than saddle posterity with such a Constitution. A FREE NEGRO (NAME UNKNOWN) Blood and Slavery 1789 If.
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... Negro,” the raw power and emotion of this address testifies to just how effective freed blacks were in championing the abolitionist cause. A native of the West Indies, his remarks were published and read widely in liberal circles. I AM ...
... Negro,” the raw power and emotion of this address testifies to just how effective freed blacks were in championing the abolitionist cause. A native of the West Indies, his remarks were published and read widely in liberal circles. I AM ...
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... Negro eyes? has not a Negro hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?—fed with the same food; hurt with the same weapons; subject to the same diseases; healed by the same means; warmed and cooled by the same summer and ...
... Negro eyes? has not a Negro hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions?—fed with the same food; hurt with the same weapons; subject to the same diseases; healed by the same means; warmed and cooled by the same summer and ...
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... names immortalized in poetry—and yet when a generous Negro is animated by the same passion which ennobled them—when he feels the wrongs of his countrymen as deeply, and attempts to avenge them as boldly. I see him treated.
... names immortalized in poetry—and yet when a generous Negro is animated by the same passion which ennobled them—when he feels the wrongs of his countrymen as deeply, and attempts to avenge them as boldly. I see him treated.
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... whom they are applied? Do rights of nature cease to be such when a Negro is to enjoy them? Or does patriotism in the heart of an African rankle into treason? REV. PETER WILLIAMS, JR. (1780–1840) This Is Our Country JULY.
... whom they are applied? Do rights of nature cease to be such when a Negro is to enjoy them? Or does patriotism in the heart of an African rankle into treason? REV. PETER WILLIAMS, JR. (1780–1840) This Is Our Country JULY.
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