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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... voices that have risen from dimly lit slave huts, backroad churches, and street corners to lift the conscience of a nation. But the speeches in this volume are much more than exhortations from a near or distant past. They are living ...
... voices that have risen from dimly lit slave huts, backroad churches, and street corners to lift the conscience of a nation. But the speeches in this volume are much more than exhortations from a near or distant past. They are living ...
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... voice was often their only tool of persuasion, and the church lectern their only platform for dissent. With the law and public institutions largely stacked against them, minorities, beginning in the nineteenth century, found that speech ...
... voice was often their only tool of persuasion, and the church lectern their only platform for dissent. With the law and public institutions largely stacked against them, minorities, beginning in the nineteenth century, found that speech ...
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... voices and missions, while inevitable and often valid, have weakened the larger cause. This highlights a fundamental point. While the lessons from each civil rights movement have been instructive to others, we must remember, as I have ...
... voices and missions, while inevitable and often valid, have weakened the larger cause. This highlights a fundamental point. While the lessons from each civil rights movement have been instructive to others, we must remember, as I have ...
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... voice was a leading one, echoing loudly in Congress and on the national stage in successfully championing women's ... voices of dissent from within the Hispanic community. In the meantime, the demand for inexpensive labor in California ...
... voice was a leading one, echoing loudly in Congress and on the national stage in successfully championing women's ... voices of dissent from within the Hispanic community. In the meantime, the demand for inexpensive labor in California ...
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... voice continues to grow stronger in the American polity and in the drive for equal opportunity. THE. ASIANAMERICAN. MOVEMENT. Like Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans did not find a more unified voice until the late 1960s, following ...
... voice continues to grow stronger in the American polity and in the drive for equal opportunity. THE. ASIANAMERICAN. MOVEMENT. Like Hispanic Americans, Asian Americans did not find a more unified voice until the late 1960s, following ...
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