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...
| Основен автор: | Jordan, Vernon E. 1935- |
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| Други автори: | Daniels, Lee A. |
| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
PublicAffairs,
℗♭2008.
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| Издание: | 1st ed. |
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=250853 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Make it plain. |
| Резюме: |
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 inspire. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., one of the nation's finest speakers, imbibed this tradition as a young man and has given it his own unique inflection from his work on the civil rights front lines, to the National Urban League, to positions of influence at the highest level of business and politics. A friend and confidant to presidents, Jordan has never forgotten the men and women whose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply influenced him. Their examples and voices, reflected in Vernon's own, make this book both a history and an embodiment of black speech at its finest.--From publisher description. |
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| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xxiv, 239 pages) |
| ISBN: |
9780786726363 0786726369 |