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...

Full description

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.
Subjects:
Jordan, Vernon E. > (Vernon Eulion), > Jr., > 1935-2021.
Jordan, Vernon E. > (Vernon Eulion), > Jr., > 1935-2021 > Oratory.
Jordan, Vernon E. > (Vernon Eulion), > Jr., > 1935-2021
National Urban League > Biography.
National Urban League
1900-1999
Public speaking > Political aspects > United States.
African American orators > History.
African Americans > Biography.
African American political activists > Biography.
African American lawyers > Biography.
African Americans > Civil rights > History > 20th century.
Civil rights movements > United States > History > 20th century.
Art de parler en public > Aspect politique > États-Unis.
Orateurs noirs américains > Histoire.
Noirs américains > Biographies.
Activistes noirs américains > Biographies.
Avocats noirs américains > Biographies.
Noirs américains > Droits > Histoire > 20e siècle.
Mouvements des droits de l'homme > États-Unis > Histoire > 20e siècle.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Political.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
African American lawyers
African American orators
African American political activists
African Americans
African Americans > Civil rights
Civil rights movements
Oratory
United States
autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Biographies
History
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
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.

Similar Items