Obama Item ID: #317Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others (Thrift Edition)Product Information:
Item DescriptionThis anthology comprises speeches by influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics. Contents include the famous “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech by Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass’ immortal “What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?” Martin Luther King, Jr.,’s “I Have a Dream,” Barack Obama, and many others.
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I am interested in learning more about the civil rights movement. I wasn’t sure where to start. Basic history… Important figures… I mean, it’s a huge subject. So, I was cruising through Amazon and came across this book. PERFECT solution.
This book covers a lot of speeches by a lot of people. I was very very pleased by it. It accomplished exactly what I wanted it to. It gave me an evolution of thought with historical references. It is also a “Who’s Who” of the civil rights movement.
My only complaint is that it included a speech by our current president. It was totally out of place in this book.
I gave this book 4 stars only because I reserve 5 stars for books that are really REALLY outstanding. No demerits here.
it’s inspirational to read these speeches, particularly the ones by the early speakers that I did not know or read before. Henry H Garnet’s made me feel as if I was in the audience.
Very pleased with my purchase.
I really liked this book. It was truly inspiring to me to see these great men really verbalize their viewpoints. I particurarily liked the speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, as most do. I will recommend this to friends, along with Dare to Be a Man: The Truth Every Man Must Know . . . And Every Woman Needs to Know About Him.
Would You Defend Tillman Act?
The Presidents State Of The Union Address public criticism Of Courts Decision On Citizens United Vs. Federal Elections Commission is wrong and ironic.
Aside from the decisions support of our 1st amendment that says that congress shall pass no law abridging the freedom of speech, it also threw out Tillman Act passed in 1907.
The act is named for Senator Benjamin Ryan “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman (1847-1918) (D-SC). He was one of the most despicable men to have ever served in the US Senate and is said to have done more to establish the Jim Crow system in the South than any other single person. In the post-War south, he was a leader of the “Red Shirts”, a terrorist paramilitary group organized to attack and intimidate blacks and Republicans.
His Red Shirts’ campaign of murder, violence, and fraud led to the defeat of South Carolina’s integrated reconstruction Republican government. Arguing that, “The negro must remain subordinated or be exterminated,” He openly called for the murder of blacks in order to, “keep the white race at the top of the heap.”
Elected South Carolina Governor in 1890, he then created South Carolina’s 1′st literacy test for voters and he promoted a number of property and educational requirements for voting. For his services, South Carolina sent him to the U.S. Senate, where he served from 1895 until his death in 1918
His intent in the Tillman act was aimed to cut the power of northern industrialists, Republicans, whom Tillman hated in part because of their more liberal attitudes on race. That the President should publicly challenge the Supreme court over this matter is unprecedented, that he should decide to defend the Tillman act and all it was intended to represent, is sad and ironic.
The book was in excellent shape. I purchased it for my daughter for a reading assignment. The book arrived at the time it was due. I received a nice book for a good price.