The will of a people : a critical anthology of great African American speeches / edited with introductions by Richard W. Leeman and Bernard K. Duffy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Duffy, Bernard K.

Leeman, Richard W.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African American orators.

African Americans--History--Sources.

African Americans.

Speeches, addresses, etc., American--African American authors.

Speeches, addresses, etc., American.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (466 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Drawing upon nearly two hundred years of recorded African American oratory, "The Will of a People: A Critical Anthology of Great African American Speeches," edited by Richard W. Leeman and Bernard K. Duffy, brings together in one unique volume some of this tradition s most noteworthy speeches, each paired with an astute introduction designed to highlight its most significant elements. Arranged chronologically, from Maria Miller Stewart s 1832 speech Why Sit Ye Here and Die? to President Barack Obama s 2009 inaugural address, these orations are tied to many of the key themes and events of American history, as well as the many issues and developments in American race relations. These themes, events, and issues include the changing roles of women, Native American relations, American manifest destiny, abolitionism, the industrial revolution, Jim Crow, lynching, World War I and American self-determination, the rise of the New Deal and government social programs, the Civil Rights Movement and desegregation, the Vietnam War, Nixon and Watergate, gay and lesbian rights, immigration, and the rise of a mediated culture. Leeman and Duffy have carefully selected the most eloquent and relevant speeches by African Americans, including those by Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass, Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Booker T. Washington, Mary Church Terrell, W. E. B. Du Bois, Marcus Garvey, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Stokely Carmichael, Barbara Jordan, Jesse Jackson, and Marian Wright Edelman, many of which have never received significant scholarly attention. "The Will of a People" is the first book to pair the full texts of the most important African American orations with substantial introductory essays intended to guide the reader s understanding of the speaker, the speech, its rhetorical interpretation, and the historical context in which it occurred. Broadly representative of the African American experience, as well as what it means to be American, this valuable collection will serve as an essential guide to the African American oratory tradition. "

Contents:

Intro

Book Title

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Maria W. Miller Stewart

Lecture, Delivered at the Franklin Hall (Why Sit Ye Here and Die?)

Henry Highland Garnet

An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America (Speech to the National Convention of Colored Citizens)

Sojourner Truth

A'n't I a Woman? (Speech at the Women's Rights Convention)

Frederick Douglass

What to the American Slave Is the Fourth of July?

Henry McNeal Turner

I Claim the Rights of a Man (Speech to the Georgia State Legislature)

Oration on the Occasion of the Dedication of the Lincoln Monument

Frances Ellen Watkins Harper

Duty to Dependent Races (Speech to the National Council of Women of the United States)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett

Lynch Law in All Its Phases

Booker T. Washington

Atlanta Exposition Address (Cotton States Exposition Address)

Mary Church Terrell

What It Means to Be Colored in the Capital of the United States

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois

Disfranchisement

Marcus Mosiah Garvey

The Principles of the Universal Negro Improvement Association

Vernon Johns

Rock Foundations

Martin Luther King Jr.

I Have a Dream

Malcolm X

The Ballot or the Bullet

Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture)

Black Power

A Time to Break Silence

Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm

It Is Time to Reassess Our National Priorities

Barbara Charline Jordan

Speech on Watergate to the House Judiciary Committee

Jesse Louis Jackson

Speech to the Democratic National Convention (The Rainbow Coalition)

Marian Wright Edelman

Children's Legislative Issues (Speech to the National Education Association)

Barack Hussein Obama

Inaugural Address

Notes

Sources

Index

Authors Bios

Back Cover.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-69750-4

9786613674463

0-8093-9073-6

OCLC:

784948015