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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... antislavery movement and later the struggle for equal rights and opportunity. The ripples from the abolitionist movement sparked the first women's movement, and the experiences and feats from the civil rights era in the 1950s and '60s ...
... antislavery movement and later the struggle for equal rights and opportunity. The ripples from the abolitionist movement sparked the first women's movement, and the experiences and feats from the civil rights era in the 1950s and '60s ...
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... antislavery movement (composed predominantly of white 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 ...
... antislavery movement (composed predominantly of white 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 ...
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... antislavery conventions in the United States and England led directly to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott's decision to hold the first Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York, in June 1848.Among their many demands ...
... antislavery conventions in the United States and England led directly to Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott's decision to hold the first Women's Rights Convention at Seneca Falls, New York, in June 1848.Among their many demands ...
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... to individual incidents; their efforts never developed into a broad civil rights movement, with a defined agenda, akin to that of the antislavery effort.Today's AsianAmerican movement began in earnest at the height of the 1960s.
... to individual incidents; their efforts never developed into a broad civil rights movement, with a defined agenda, akin to that of the antislavery effort.Today's AsianAmerican movement began in earnest at the height of the 1960s.
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... antislavery and women's movements, it also includes some of the rhetoric from the Hispanic and AsianAmerican movements. The second section, “Measured Gains:Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward,” covers the period 1866 through 1949 ...
... antislavery and women's movements, it also includes some of the rhetoric from the Hispanic and AsianAmerican movements. The second section, “Measured Gains:Two Steps Forward, One Step Backward,” covers the period 1866 through 1949 ...
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