| Description |
xii, 287 pages ; 25 cm. + 1 audio disc (4 3/4 in.) |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
"The ballot or the bullet," 1964 / Malcolm X -- "The Black revolution and the White backlash," 1964 / Lorraine Hansberry -- Eulogy for Malcolm X, 1965 / Ossie Davis -- "Where do we go from here?" 1967 / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Speech on the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 1968 / Roy Wilkins -- Eulogy for Martin Luther King, Jr., 1968 / Benjamin E. Mays -- Speech delivered at memorial service for Bobby Hutton, 1968 / Kathleen Cleaver -- Speech delivered at the Kaleidoscope Theater, 1968 / Bobby Seale -- Speech to Southern Conference Education Fund, 1968 / Ella Baker -- Speech at Howard University, 1969 / Shirley Chisholm -- Speech delivered at the Embassy Auditorium, 1972 / Angela Y. Davis -- Speech delivered at the National Press Club, 1978 / Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. -- Speech delivered at the first Scholarly Conference on Black Women, 1979 / Dorothy I. Height -- "The relationship of the Christian faith to political praxis," 1980 / James H. Cone -- Nobel Prize lecture, 1993 / Toni Morrison -- Commencement address at Howard University, 1994 / Colin Powell -- "One hundredth anniversary of Plessy v. Ferguson," 1996 / Mary Frances Berry -- "America : a nation of equals," 1998 / Ward Connerly -- Speech to National Council of Negro Women, 2001 / Condoleezza Rice -- "Youth and the political process," 2003 / Maxine Waters -- "America beyond the color line," 2004 / Henry Louis Gates, Jr. -- "Has the Black middle class lost its mind?" 2005 / Michael Eric Dyson -- "A more perfect union," 2008 / Barack Obama. |
| Subject |
African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
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African Americans -- Civil rights -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
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Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.
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African Americans -- Race identity -- History -- Sources.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 20th century -- Sources.
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United States -- Race relations -- History -- 21st century -- Sources.
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African American orators -- Biography.
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| Added Author |
Ellis, Catherine, 1964-
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Smith, Stephen, 1960-
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| ISBN |
9781595581136 |
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1595581138 |
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