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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... freedom fighters, armed only with their eloquence and righteousness, have stoked the eternal fires of hope within the human soul. This book celebrates that valiant journey. In it we hear the echoes of courageous voices that have risen ...
... freedom fighters, armed only with their eloquence and righteousness, have stoked the eternal fires of hope within the human soul. This book celebrates that valiant journey. In it we hear the echoes of courageous voices that have risen ...
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... freedom. Adams's exhortation for independence in the late eighteenth century paved the way for Thomas Jefferson's declaration of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Decades later, near the Charles River, William Lloyd ...
... freedom. Adams's exhortation for independence in the late eighteenth century paved the way for Thomas Jefferson's declaration of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” Decades later, near the Charles River, William Lloyd ...
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... Freedom Riders physically being beaten as they attempted to ride a desegregated interstate bus through the segregated South. If television had not been there, King's dream sequence, Chávez's fasts, and Johnson's call for voting reforms ...
... Freedom Riders physically being beaten as they attempted to ride a desegregated interstate bus through the segregated South. If television had not been there, King's dream sequence, Chávez's fasts, and Johnson's call for voting reforms ...
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... freedom to whom this book belongs. These men and women are not always mentioned by name, and for the most part, their individual stories remain untold. But their collective voices are heard, loud and clear, in page after page of this ...
... freedom to whom this book belongs. These men and women are not always mentioned by name, and for the most part, their individual stories remain untold. But their collective voices are heard, loud and clear, in page after page of this ...
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... freedom, and utilized the skills they had acquired in trade, publishing, or commerce to form strong communities with economic and social networks. Although freed blacks lacked the political and social standing of landowning whites ...
... freedom, and utilized the skills they had acquired in trade, publishing, or commerce to form strong communities with economic and social networks. Although freed blacks lacked the political and social standing of landowning whites ...
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