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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... daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. —ROBERT F. KENNEDY T FOREWORD WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON If is no struggle, there Each time a man stands up for an ideal, ...
... daring, those ripples build a current which can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance. —ROBERT F. KENNEDY T FOREWORD WILLIAM JEFFERSON CLINTON If is no struggle, there Each time a man stands up for an ideal, ...
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... oppression. And Robert “Spark” Matsunaga, only a few years earlier, drew on his own heritage and the words of the earliest American settlers when he decried the overt discrimination practiced against Americans of Asian descent. These ...
... oppression. And Robert “Spark” Matsunaga, only a few years earlier, drew on his own heritage and the words of the earliest American settlers when he decried the overt discrimination practiced against Americans of Asian descent. These ...
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... oppression and resistance.” King, Chávez, Stanton, and others who worked to overcome seemingly intractable barriers are now celebrated icons embedded in the American story. But in their day, civil rights leaders were viewed as deeply ...
... oppression and resistance.” King, Chávez, Stanton, and others who worked to overcome seemingly intractable barriers are now celebrated icons embedded in the American story. But in their day, civil rights leaders were viewed as deeply ...
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... oppressive force of violence, led by such men as Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor, who in 1963 wielded billy clubs and fire hoses to keep peaceful protestors in line. Today, African Americans remain at the center of ...
... oppressive force of violence, led by such men as Birmingham Public Safety Commissioner Bull Connor, who in 1963 wielded billy clubs and fire hoses to keep peaceful protestors in line. Today, African Americans remain at the center of ...
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... oppression that had “kept women down” for generations. Until that point, married white women were largely prohibited from working outside the home (freed black women, in contrast, had worked for white families for years), and laws in ...
... oppression that had “kept women down” for generations. Until that point, married white women were largely prohibited from working outside the home (freed black women, in contrast, had worked for white families for years), and laws in ...
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