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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... abolitionist cause as she delivered a stirring address at the first women's rights conference. Farther south, in ... abolitionist protests of the 1840s and the internment camps of the 1940s; you will hear the roar of the audience; you ...
... abolitionist cause as she delivered a stirring address at the first women's rights conference. Farther south, in ... abolitionist protests of the 1840s and the internment camps of the 1940s; you will hear the roar of the audience; you ...
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... abolitionist who, with each sentence, pumped life back into a weary community of slaves. His words transformed ... abolitionist meetings. This atmosphere imagine men and women huddled around an itinerant abolitionist who, ...
... abolitionist who, with each sentence, pumped life back into a weary community of slaves. His words transformed ... abolitionist meetings. This atmosphere imagine men and women huddled around an itinerant abolitionist who, ...
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... abolitionist movement sparked the first women's movement, and the experiences and feats from the civil rights era in the 1950s and '60s led to the modern AsianAmerican, gay, Hispanic, and feminist movements. I draw these connections ...
... abolitionist movement sparked the first women's movement, and the experiences and feats from the civil rights era in the 1950s and '60s led to the modern AsianAmerican, gay, Hispanic, and feminist movements. I draw these connections ...
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... abolitionist Frederick Douglass's. He may have drawn from Douglass's ideas and even his words, but his speaking method, language, cadence, and rhetorical flourishes were his own and were reflective of the Latino experience. Chavez's ...
... abolitionist Frederick Douglass's. He may have drawn from Douglass's ideas and even his words, but his speaking method, language, cadence, and rhetorical flourishes were his own and were reflective of the Latino experience. Chavez's ...
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... abolitionists and Radical Republicans) was largely responsible for the major legislative accomplishments on both federal and state levels. The abolitionists, aided by the Civil War's effects, also led the charge for the Thirteenth ...
... abolitionists and Radical Republicans) was largely responsible for the major legislative accomplishments on both federal and state levels. The abolitionists, aided by the Civil War's effects, also led the charge for the Thirteenth ...
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