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The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history. From ancient times, to the American Revolution, from the days before slaves had been emancipated (or women had the vote) to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has gathered some of the most important and iconic speeches ever delivered and presents them here- with a biographical...
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"The voices of conformity speak so loudly. Don't listen to them," acclaimed author and award-winning journalist Anna Quindlen cautioned graduates of Grinnell College. Jazz virtuoso and educator Wynton Marsalis advised new Connecticut College alums not to worry about being on time, but rather to be in time-because "time is actually your friend. He don't come back because he never goes away." And renowned physician and humanitarian Paul Farmer revealed...
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A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice-with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more.
This unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the twentieth century's leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures, many never before available in printed form.
From an 1895 speech by Booker T. Washington to Julian Bond's sharp assessment of school segregation...
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