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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... economy undercut the original ideals of the Constitution's drafters and burrowed their way into the entrenched political ... economic issues than the leftleaning factions of the AfricanAmerican and feminist communities. These differences ...
... economy undercut the original ideals of the Constitution's drafters and burrowed their way into the entrenched political ... economic issues than the leftleaning factions of the AfricanAmerican and feminist communities. These differences ...
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... economic, and social oppression that had “kept women down” for generations. Until that point, married white women were largely prohibited from working outside the home (freed black women, in contrast, had worked for white families for ...
... economic, and social oppression that had “kept women down” for generations. Until that point, married white women were largely prohibited from working outside the home (freed black women, in contrast, had worked for white families for ...
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... economic, and social bigotry that other minorities faced. By the 1860s, speculators and squatters used the 1862 Homestead Act illegally to strip Hispanic Americans of the land purportedly protected by the Hidalgo treaty.The U.S. federal ...
... economic, and social bigotry that other minorities faced. By the 1860s, speculators and squatters used the 1862 Homestead Act illegally to strip Hispanic Americans of the land purportedly protected by the Hidalgo treaty.The U.S. federal ...
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... economic downturn. Although some small civil rights groups spoke out and an occasional proLatino speech graced the floors of Congress, activists did not protest en masse until the late 1950s, under the leadership of men like Pablo De La ...
... economic downturn. Although some small civil rights groups spoke out and an occasional proLatino speech graced the floors of Congress, activists did not protest en masse until the late 1950s, under the leadership of men like Pablo De La ...
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... economy turned sour. An antiAsian movement (often referring to Asians as a “Yellow Peril”) spread like wildfire across the nation, particularly in the American West in heavily Asian pockets like San Francisco. School boards banned ...
... economy turned sour. An antiAsian movement (often referring to Asians as a “Yellow Peril”) spread like wildfire across the nation, particularly in the American West in heavily Asian pockets like San Francisco. School boards banned ...
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