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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... opportunity, sounded the trumpet for 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 ...
... opportunity, sounded the trumpet for 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 ...
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... opportunity to do what these leaders did: to study, distill, and employ the rhetoric of those before them—to understand the history of American civil rights through the delivered word. To see how Frederick Douglass and Eleanor Roosevelt ...
... opportunity to do what these leaders did: to study, distill, and employ the rhetoric of those before them—to understand the history of American civil rights through the delivered word. To see how Frederick Douglass and Eleanor Roosevelt ...
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... opportunity and economic independence; their own work in the AfricanAmerican civil rights struggle—dating back to abolitionism—influenced their leadership styles and speaking skills when advocating their own agenda.The sitins of the ...
... opportunity and economic independence; their own work in the AfricanAmerican civil rights struggle—dating back to abolitionism—influenced their leadership styles and speaking skills when advocating their own agenda.The sitins of the ...
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... opportunity. THE. ASIANAMERICAN. MOVEMENT. Like Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans did not find a more unified voice until the late 1960s, following generations of silence and splintering caused largely by intimidation, cultural ...
... opportunity. THE. ASIANAMERICAN. MOVEMENT. Like Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans did not find a more unified voice until the late 1960s, following generations of silence and splintering caused largely by intimidation, cultural ...
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... opportunity legislation. Much like other immigrants who arrived in the midnineteenth century, Asian Americans were ... opportunities. Others were forced to attend segregated schools and prevented from organizing labor unions. With the ...
... opportunity legislation. Much like other immigrants who arrived in the midnineteenth century, Asian Americans were ... opportunities. Others were forced to attend segregated schools and prevented from organizing labor unions. With the ...
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