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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... moral confrontation. Before we retraced their steps across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I told those gathered that, while we have come a long way since the bleakest days of the civil rights struggle, we still have many more bridges to ...
... moral confrontation. Before we retraced their steps across the Edmund Pettus Bridge, I told those gathered that, while we have come a long way since the bleakest days of the civil rights struggle, we still have many more bridges to ...
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... moral codes for men (like temperance) to help build stronger families and “a more virtuous state.” Despite their differences, when possible, the women's movement capitalized on blackwon legal and political victories. In the midtwentieth ...
... moral codes for men (like temperance) to help build stronger families and “a more virtuous state.” Despite their differences, when possible, the women's movement capitalized on blackwon legal and political victories. In the midtwentieth ...
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... King said more than thirtyfive years ago,“How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” EARLY AMERICA, EARLY DISSENT 1787–1865 GOUVERNEUR MORRIS (1752–1816) The Curse.
... King said more than thirtyfive years ago,“How long? Not long, because the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” EARLY AMERICA, EARLY DISSENT 1787–1865 GOUVERNEUR MORRIS (1752–1816) The Curse.
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... morality to judge our actions by than those by which the conduct of all other men is tried. Habits, which in all human beings except ourselves are thought innocent, are, in us, deemed criminal—and actions, which are even laudable in ...
... morality to judge our actions by than those by which the conduct of all other men is tried. Habits, which in all human beings except ourselves are thought innocent, are, in us, deemed criminal—and actions, which are even laudable in ...
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... morality, for which Europeans so highly value themselves, of a nature so variable and fluctuating as to change with the complexion of those to whom they are applied? Do rights of nature cease to be such when a Negro is to enjoy them? Or ...
... morality, for which Europeans so highly value themselves, of a nature so variable and fluctuating as to change with the complexion of those to whom they are applied? Do rights of nature cease to be such when a Negro is to enjoy them? Or ...
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