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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... labor, most whites became increasingly unsympathetic to the freedmen's cry. This shift did not prevent these free African Americans from taking the stump in protest. Delivered by an unnamed “freed Negro,” the raw power and emotion of ...
... labor, most whites became increasingly unsympathetic to the freedmen's cry. This shift did not prevent these free African Americans from taking the stump in protest. Delivered by an unnamed “freed Negro,” the raw power and emotion of ...
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... labor. We have made ourselves appear altogether unqualified to speak in our own defence, and are therefore looked upon as objects of pity and commiseration. We have been imposed upon, insulted and derided on every side; and now, if we ...
... labor. We have made ourselves appear altogether unqualified to speak in our own defence, and are therefore looked upon as objects of pity and commiseration. We have been imposed upon, insulted and derided on every side; and now, if we ...
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... labor, they have received the profits; we have planted the vines, they have eaten the fruits of them. I would implore our men, and especially our rising youth, to flee from the gambling board and the dance hall; for we are poor, and ...
... labor, they have received the profits; we have planted the vines, they have eaten the fruits of them. I would implore our men, and especially our rising youth, to flee from the gambling board and the dance hall; for we are poor, and ...
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... labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil—whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned among the beasts which perish—whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another's—whether his child ...
... labor, or be driven daily to unrequited toil—whether he shall walk erect in the dignity of conscious manhood, or be reckoned among the beasts which perish—whether his bones and sinews shall be his own, or another's—whether his child ...
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... it has been borne in silence, without either the solace of sympathy or the hope of relief. . . . While we thus labor to restore to our colored brethren the rights of which they have been so long and so unjustly deprived, let us.
... it has been borne in silence, without either the solace of sympathy or the hope of relief. . . . While we thus labor to restore to our colored brethren the rights of which they have been so long and so unjustly deprived, let us.
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