Great Speeches by African Americans Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others,9780486447612

Great Speeches by African Americans Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others

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ISBN13: 9780486447612
ISBN10: 0486447618
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-04-28
Publisher(s): Dover Publications
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Summary

Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across two centuries, this anthology comprises speeches by influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics. Contents include the famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech by Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass' immortal "What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?", Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, and many others.

Author Biography

James Daley is the editor of several Dover editions, including The World's Greatest Short Stories, Classic Crime Stories, Favorite Christmas Poems,  and Great Writers on the Art of Fiction.

Table of Contents

HENRY HIGHLAND GARNET
An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America (1843)
1(7)
JERMAIN WESLEY LOGUEN
I Am a Fugitive Slave (1850)
8(3)
SOJOURNER TRUTH
Ain't I a Woman? (1851)
11(2)
FREDERICK DOUGLASS
What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July? (1852)
13(22)
JOHN SWEAT ROCK
A Deep and Cruel Prejudice (1862)
35(8)
JOHN MERCER LANGSTON
Equality Before the Law (1874)
43(14)
JAMES T. RAPIER
The Civil Rights Bill (1875)
57(16)
ALEXANDER CRUMMELL
The Black Woman of the South: Her Neglects and and Her Needs (1883)
73(8)
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
Atlanta Exposition Address (1895)
81(4)
W.E.B. DU BOIS
To the Nations of the World (1900)
85(3)
MARY CHURCH TERRELL
What It Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States (1906)
88(4)
FRANCIS J. GRIMKÉ
Equality of Rights for All Citizens: Black and White, Alike (1909)
92(6)
IDA B. WELLS-BARNETT
This Awful Slaughter (1909)
98(4)
MARCUS GARVEY
The Principles of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1922)
102(7)
MARY MCLEOD BETHUNE
What Does American Democracy Mean to Me? (1939)
109(2)
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR.
I Have a Dream (1963)
111(4)
MALCOLM X
The Ballot or The Bullet (1964)
115(17)
SHIRLEY CHISHOLM
The Black Woman in Contemporary America (1974)
132(6)
THURGOOD MARSHALL
The Constitution: A Living Document (1987)
138(5)
BARACK OBAMA
Knox College Commencement Address (2005)
143

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