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viii, 150 pages ; 21 cm. |
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Dover thrift editions |
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Dover thrift editions.
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| Contents |
An address to the slaves of the United States of America (1843) / Henry Highland Garnet -- I am a fugitive slave (1850) / Jermain Wesley Loguen -- Ain't I a woman? (1850) / Sojourner Truth -- What, to the slave, is the Fourth of July? (1852) / Frederick Douglass -- A deep and cruel prejudice (1862) / John Sweat Rock -- Equality before the law (1874) / John Mercer Langston -- The civil rights bill (1875) / James T. Rapier -- The black woman of the south: her neglects and her needs (1883) / Alexander Crummell -- Atlanta Exposition address (1895) / Booker T. Washington -- To the nations of the world (1900) / W.E.B. Du Bois -- What it means to be colored in the capital of the United States (1906) / Mary Church Terrell -- Equality of rights for all citizens: black and white, alike (1909) / Francis J. Grimké -- This awful slaughter (1909) / Ida b. Wells-Barnett -- The principles of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1922) / Marcus Garvey -- What does American democracy mean to me? (1939) / Mary McLeod Bethune -- I have a dream (1963) / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- The ballot or the bullet (1964) / Malcolm X -- The black woman in contemporary America (1974) / Shirley Chisholm -- The Constitution: a living document (1987) / Thurgood Marshall -- Knox College commencement address (2005) / Barack Obama. |
| Summary |
Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across a century and a half, this anthology features speeches by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W.E.B. DuBois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics. -- From publisher's description. |
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
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African Americans -- History -- Sources.
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African American orators.
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African American orators. (OCoLC)fst00799284
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African Americans. (OCoLC)fst00799558
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American. (OCoLC)fst01129325
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- African American authors.
(OCoLC)fst01921448
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Sources. (OCoLC)fst01423900
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Sources.
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| Added Author |
Daley, James, 1979- editor.
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| ISBN |
0486447618 (paperback) |
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9780486447612 (paperback) |
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