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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... never forget that moment in 1965 when Lyndon Johnson, a white southerner, faced the Congress and the nation only a week after the tragedy of “Bloody Sunday.” “At times,” he said, “history and fate meet at a single time and place to ...
... never forget that moment in 1965 when Lyndon Johnson, a white southerner, faced the Congress and the nation only a week after the tragedy of “Bloody Sunday.” “At times,” he said, “history and fate meet at a single time and place to ...
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... 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.
... 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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... never found its way into the Declaration, but it remained a divisive topic in the early days of the republic. In Philadelphia, after years of debate at the state level—particularly in the North, the slavery issue surfaced again in ...
... never found its way into the Declaration, but it remained a divisive topic in the early days of the republic. In Philadelphia, after years of debate at the state level—particularly in the North, the slavery issue surfaced again in ...
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... never experienced the sting or indignity of slavery. Like Scottish and Irish immigrants, virtually all Africans coming to the colonies in the early 1600s arrived as bondsmen or indentured servants. After completing their terms of ...
... never experienced the sting or indignity of slavery. Like Scottish and Irish immigrants, virtually all Africans coming to the colonies in the early 1600s arrived as bondsmen or indentured servants. After completing their terms of ...
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... never pays or receives the grateful duties of a son—he never knows or experiences the fond solicitude of a father—the tender names of husband, of brother, and of friend, are to him unknown. He has no country to defend and bleed for—he ...
... never pays or receives the grateful duties of a son—he never knows or experiences the fond solicitude of a father—the tender names of husband, of brother, and of friend, are to him unknown. He has no country to defend and bleed for—he ...
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