Liberty, equality and salvation: African Americans at the start of the nation -- All manner of reforms -- Emancipation, Segregation and migration -- Lifting as we climb: Advancing the cause -- Waves of reform and revolution: the modern Civil Rights Movement -- "I am somebody": public speaking in the age of integration -- Barak Obama and the "post-racial" society.
Summary:
"Throughout much of American history, African Americans have been denied easy access to most of the traditional modes of effective reform, such as newspapers, legislative assemblies, unions and political parties. Public speaking has thus been one of the most critically important means by which leaders and individuals have reached an audience, enacted or prevented change, and created community. Dating from the earliest days of American history, the African American community has produced many notable and eloquent speakers and has demonstrated a vibrant oral tradition. The proposed volume will follow a chronological organization, tracing the history of African American public speaking from colonial times to the present"-- Provided by publisher.
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