Best African American Speeches - April 2024

Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass

Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across two centuries, this anthology comprises speeches by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics.The collection begins with Henry Highland Garnet's 1843 "An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America," followed by Jermain Wesley Loguen's "I Am a Fugitive Slave," the famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech by Sojourner Truth, and Frederick Douglass's immortal "What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?" Subsequent o... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0486447618
• UPC: 800759447619
• ASIN: 0486447618
• ISBN: 0486447618
• Brand: Dover Publications
• Manufacturer: Dover Publications

From My People: 400 Years of African American Folklore (An Anthology)

An extraordinary celebration of African-American life and culture brings together four hundred years of African-American folklore, traditional tales, recipes, proverbs, legends, folk songs, and folk art by Paul Laurence Dunbar, Zora Neal Hurston, Jelly Roll Morton, and others.

• ASIN: 0393047989
• ASIN: 0393047989
• ISBN: 0393047989
• Manufacturer: W W Norton & Co Inc

Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches

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 annive... [Read More]

• ASIN: 159558126X
• ASIN: 159558126X
• ISBN: 159558126X
• Brand: Brand: New Press, The
• Manufacturer: The New Press

Ripples Of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches

Including a never-before published speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., this is the first compilation of its kind, bringing together the most influential and important voices from two hundred years of America's struggle for civil rights, including essential speeches from leaders, both famous and obscure. With voices as diverse as Cesar Chavez, Harvey Milk, Betty Friedan, Frederick Douglass, and Sojourner Truth, this anthology constitutes a unique chronicle of the nation's civil rights movements and the critical issues they've tackled, from slavery and suffrage to immigration and affirmative acti... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0465027539
• ASIN: 0465027539
• ISBN: 0465027539
• Brand: Basic Civitas Books
• Manufacturer: Civitas Books

Malcolm X on Afro-American History (Malcolm X Speeches & Writings)

A Pathfinder upgraded edition.Recounts the hidden history of the labor of people of African origin and their achievements.Preface by Steve Clark, maps, photos, drawings, notes, index. Now with enlarged type.

• ASIN: 0873485920
• ASIN: 0873485920
• ISBN: 0873485920
• Brand: Brand: Pathfinder Press (NY)
• Manufacturer: Pathfinder Pr

African American Experience: Black History and Culture Through Speeches, Letters, Editorials, Poems, Songs, and Stories

This wide-ranging archive, capturing more than four centuries of African American history and culture in one essential volume, is at once poignant, painful, celebratory, and inspiring.The African American Experience is a one-of-a-kind and absolutely riveting collection of more than 300 letters, speeches, articles, petitions, poems, songs, and works of fiction tracing the course of black history in America from the first slaves brought over in the 16th century to the events of the present day. All aspects of African American history and daily life are represented here, from the days of aboliti... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1579127738
• UPC: 768821127732
• ASIN: 1579127738
• ISBN: 9781579127732
• Brand: Wright, Kai (EDT)
• Manufacturer: Black Dog & Leventhal

The Harlem Renaissance: Hub of African-American Culture, 1920-1930 (Circles of the Twentieth Century Series)

It was W.E.B. DuBois who paved the way with his essays and his magazine The Crisis, but the Harlem Renaissance was mostly a literary and intellectual movement whose best known figures include Langston Hughes, Zora Neale Hurston, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, and Jean Toomer.  Their work ranged from sonnets to modernist verse to jazz aesthetics and folklore, and their mission was race propaganda and pure art.  Adding to their visibility were famous jazz musicians, producers of all-black revues, and bootleggers.Now available in paperback, this richly-illustrated book contains more than 70 bl... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0679758895
• ASIN: 0679758895
• ISBN: 9780679758891
• Brand: Pantheon
• Manufacturer: Pantheon

Empowerment Ethics For a Liberated People: A Path to Afican American Social Transformation

Empowerment Ethics For a Liberated People: A Path to Afican American Social T...

• ASIN: 0800629175
• ASIN: 0800629175
• ISBN: 0800629175
• Manufacturer: Fortress Press

Their Eyes Were Watching God: A Novel

• ASIN: B000UMN7C6
• ASIN: B000UMN7C6
• Manufacturer: HarperCollins e-books

Gabriela 3-Book Box Set (American Girl: Girl of the Year 2017)

Meet the 2017 Girl of the Year, Gabriela McBride! She's a true talent who gets creative for a cause. This box set contains paperbacks of the three novels in her series.Gabriela: Gabby loves expressing herself -- especially in the dance studio -- but lately, poetry is becoming her art form of choice. Can Gabby use the power of her words to save her beloved community arts center from shutting down?Gabriela Speaks Out: Gabby hopes to win the school election so she can speak out for change. Can she beat her rival, the confident and intimidating Aaliyah Reade-Johnson?Gabriela Novel 3: Gabby is jugg... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1338139363
• ASIN: 1338139363
• ISBN: 1338139363
• Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.

Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches

A boxed edition of famous African-American speeches that were made throughout the twentieth century features actual live recordings on the accompanying CDs and offers insight into how key cultural, literary, and political figures worked to promote civil equality. 30,000 first printing.

• ASIN: 1565849248
• ASIN: 1565849248
• ISBN: 1565849248
• Brand: Brand: New Press, The
• Manufacturer: The New Press

Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787-1901 (Studies Rhetoric & Communicati)

This comprehensive anthology will be the standard source for the study of African American public address for years to come. For Americans of the 19th century, as W. E. B. Du Bois observed, eloquent speeches were 'the shining lights of civilization' that both expressed and sought to improve the lives and communities from which they sprang. Through political speeches, sermons, lectures, oral testimonies, and ceremonial addresses, African Americans offered diverse responses to the issues and events of their times, including not only slavery and racial equality but also women's rights, education,... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0817309063
• ASIN: 0817309063
• ISBN: 0817309063
• Brand: Brand: University Alabama Press
• Manufacturer: University Alabama Press

Say It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity

Say It Loud adds new depth to the oral and audio history of the modern struggle for racial equality and civil rights—focusing directly on the pivotal questions black America grappled with during the past four decades of resistance. With recordings unearthed from libraries and sound archives, and made widely available here for the first time, Say It Loud includes powerful speeches by Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Martin Luther King Jr., James Cone, Toni Morrison, Colin Powell, and many others.Bringing the rich immediacy of the spoken word to a vital historical and intellectual tradition, Say It Lo... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1595581138
• ASIN: 1595581138
• ISBN: 1595581138
• Manufacturer: The New Press

Gabriela (American Girl: Girl of the Year 2017, Book 1)

Get to know American Girl's 2017 Girl of the Year, Gabriela, in this first book in her series! Gabby loves expressing herself--especially in the dance studio--but lately, poetry is becoming her art form of choice, and for good reason: Gabby struggles with stuttering, and spoken word poetry helps her speech flow more freely. Still, compared to how confident she feels on the dance floor, speaking up can be scary. When the city threatens to close her beloved community arts center, Gabby is determined to find a way to help. Can she harness the power of her words and rally her community to save Lib... [Read More]

• ASIN: 1338136984
• ASIN: 1338136984
• ISBN: 1338136984
• Brand: Scholastic Inc
• Manufacturer: Scholastic Inc.

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection--a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades.The Source of Self-Regard is brimming with all the elegance of mind and style, the literary prowess and moral compass that are Toni Morrison's inimitable hallmark. It is divided into three parts: the first is introduced by a powerful prayer for the dead of 9/11; the second by a searching meditation on Martin Luther King Jr., and the last by a heart-wrenching eulogy for James Baldwin. I... [Read More]

• ASIN: 0525521038
• ASIN: 0525521038
• ISBN: 0525521038
• Manufacturer: Knopf

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

Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across two centuries, this anthology comprises speeches by Martin Luther King, Jr., Marcus Garvey, Malcolm X, Barack Obama, and many other influential

• UPC: 4530858
• Rating: 4.5

100 Best African American Poems, The

Award-winning poet and writer Giovanni takes on the difficult task of selecting the 100 best African-American works from classic and contemporary

• UPC: 12337656
• Rating: 4.0

Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey

This anthology contains some of the African-American rights advocate's most noted writings and speeches, among them "Declaration of the Rights of the Negro Peoples of the World" and "Africa for the

• UPC: 2673784

The Hate U Give

After witnessing her friend's death at the hands of a police officer, Starr Carter's life is complicated when the police and a local drug lord try to intimidate her in an effort to learn what

• UPC: 55134273
• Rating: 4.76

Say It Plain : A Century of Great African American Speeches

"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

• UPC: 25644418

African American Humor : The Best Black Comedy from Slavery to Today

9781556524318

• UPC: 25228274

Despite Best Intentions Trb P

On the surface, Riverview High School looks like the post-racial ideal. Serving an enviably affluent, diverse, and liberal district, the school is well-funded, its teachers are well-trained, and many of its students are high achieving.

• UPC: 55601383

Ev'ry Time I Feel the Spirit : 101 Best-Loved Psalms, Gospel Hymns & Spiritual Songs of the African-American Church

Complete with sheet music throughout, this volume profiles 101 of the best-loved psalms, gospel hymns, and spiritual songs of the African-American

• UPC: 25947598

Some of My Best Friends Are Black : The Strange Story of Integration in America

An irreverent, yet powerful exploration of race relations by the New York Times-bestselling author of The Chris Farley ShowFrank, funny, and incisive, Some of My Best Friends Are Black offers a profoundly honest portrait of

• UPC: 22387723
• Rating: 4.0

Malcolm X Talks to Young People : Speeches in the United States, Britain, and Africa

Malcolm X Talks to Young People...

• UPC: 25234572