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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... my brethren for being discontented with so hard a lot as that of slavery, nor disown me for their fellowcreature merely because I deeply feel the unmerited sufferings which my countrymen endure. The first thing,. Blood and Slavery ...
... my brethren for being discontented with so hard a lot as that of slavery, nor disown me for their fellowcreature merely because I deeply feel the unmerited sufferings which my countrymen endure. The first thing,. Blood and Slavery ...
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... feel all the same sentiments—are we not capable of all the same exertions— and are we not entitled to all the same rights as other men? But I supplicate our enemies to be, though for the first time, just in their proceedings toward us ...
... feel all the same sentiments—are we not capable of all the same exertions— and are we not entitled to all the same rights as other men? But I supplicate our enemies to be, though for the first time, just in their proceedings toward us ...
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... and their 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.
... and their 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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... feel a love for liberty within our breasts, some one of our sable race, long before this, would have testified it, notwithstanding the disadvantages under which we labor. We have made ourselves appear altogether unqualified to speak in ...
... feel a love for liberty within our breasts, some one of our sable race, long before this, would have testified it, notwithstanding the disadvantages under which we labor. We have made ourselves appear altogether unqualified to speak in ...
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... Feel they no ambitious desires? Shall the chains of ignorance forever confine them? Shall the insipid appellation of “clever negroes,” or “good creatures,” any longer content them? Where can we find amongst ourselves the man of science ...
... Feel they no ambitious desires? Shall the chains of ignorance forever confine them? Shall the insipid appellation of “clever negroes,” or “good creatures,” any longer content them? Where can we find amongst ourselves the man of science ...
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