Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787-1900Philip Sheldon Foner, Robert J. Branham University of Alabama Press, 1998 - 925 Seiten An anthology comprising 150-plus selections, making accessible the orations of both well-known and lesser-known African Americans. Each speech is presented with an introduction that sets the context. Many are previously unpublished, uncollected, or long out of print. The volume is based on Philip Foner's 1972 Voice of Black America. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR |
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Introduction | 1 |
Pray God Give Us the Strength to Bear Up Under | 45 |
9 | 73 |
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