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Make it plain : standing up and speaking out /

Black Americans have always relied on the oral tradition--storytelling, preaching, and speechmaking--to assert their rights and preserve and pass on their history and culture. In the pulpit, courtroom, or cotton field, they have understood the power of words, distinctively delivered, to educate and...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), Jr., 1935-2021
Other Authors: Daniels, Lee A.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : PublicAffairs, ©2008.
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Urban League beginnings, 1971
  • New ideas for the New South, 1976
  • Battling the callousness of political reality, 1977
  • Declaring our independence, 1979
  • Civil rights : past gains, present uncertainty, 1981
  • Our children, our peers, 1981
  • Bad fix in America : the Reagan years, 1983
  • A year of cascading change, 1989
  • A powerful voice : not stilled, still heard, 1993
  • Entering the third millennium, 2001
  • A true alfalfan at heart, 2004
  • Praising the Lord and the legacy, 2008.