Representative American Speeches
Author : Albert Craig Baird
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 20,14 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
ISBN :
Author : Albert Craig Baird
Publisher :
Page : 198 pages
File Size : 20,14 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
ISBN :
Author : Albert Craig Baird
Publisher :
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 26,30 MB
Release : 1942
Category : Debates and debating
ISBN :
Author :
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 33,8 MB
Release : 1978
Category : Speeches, addresses, etc
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Author : Ronald Reagan
Publisher :
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 47,62 MB
Release : 1983
Category : History
ISBN : 9780895266224
Author : Catherine Ellis
Publisher : New Press, The
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 30,81 MB
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 159558126X
"Say It Plain is a vivid, moving portrait of how black Americans have sounded the charge against injustice, exhorting the country to live up to its democratic principles. In "full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the twentieth century's leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures, many of them never before available in printed form. From an 1895 speech by Booker T. Washington to Julian Bond's harp assessment of school segregation on the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board in 2004, the collection captures a powerful tradition of oratory-by political activists, civil rights organizers, celebrities, and religious leaders-going back more than a century. The paperback edition includes the text of each speech along with an introduction placing it in its historical context. Say It Plain is a remarkable historical record- from the back-to-Africa movement to the civil rights era and the rise of black nationalism and beyond-riveting in its power to convey the black freedom struggle."
Author : Owen Peterson
Publisher :
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 38,64 MB
Release : 1983
Category :
ISBN : 9780824206864
Author : Theodore Roosevelt
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 36,41 MB
Release : 2022-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : 9781019297476
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Emmeline Pankhurst
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 43 pages
File Size : 32,15 MB
Release : 2020-12-08
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Freedom or Death is a speech by Emmeline Pankhurst delivered at Hartford, Connecticut - November 13, 1913. It was later transcribed and issued as a pamphlet. The speech was dedicated to the issues of suffrage movement.
Author : Steve Israel
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 27,47 MB
Release : 2013-07-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1612514227
One of the leading voices on national security issues in the U.S. Congress demonstrates how words have been sharp and powerful weapons of victory in this compilation of great military speeches that helped turn the tide of history. Among the dozens of inspirational speeches featured are: Moses instructing his followers to cross the Jordan River without him. . . Queen Elizabeth pledging to die with her soldiers as they faced the Spanish Armada. . . Patrick Henry choosing between liberty and death. . . Napoleon exhorting his troops as they marched on Egypt. . . Winston Churchill rallying his nation to victory. . . General Sir Montgomery refusing to retreat from Rommel. . . President Roosevelt preparing the American people for World War II. . . General Eisenhower fortifying his troops for the invasion of Normandy. . . President Reagan demanding that Gorbachev tear down the Berlin Wall. . . President George W. Bush encouraging America after 9/11. . . and more. Congressman Israel has included speeches that have motivated and mobilized, challenged and comforted. Some were blurted in the heat of combat, others were carefully written in places far removed from the brutality of the battlefield, but all will inspire readers with the courage that moved people forward against all odds. Each speech is introduced with an insightful historic context. This dramatic sweep of military history in the words of history's military leaders serves to reinforce the concept that the pen is mightier than the sword.
Author : Benjamin Elijah Mays
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 15,63 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780761823438
Benjamin Mays was an African-American educator and a vocal opponent of segregation and discrimination who influenced the thinking of Martin Luther King, Jr. Political scientist Colston presents a collection of the speeches, commencement addresses, sermons, and eulogies of Mays, in which he comments on race relations and the state of education in the United States. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR