{"product_id":"say-it-plain-a-century-of-great-african-american-speeches-9781595581266","title":"Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches","description":"\u003cb\u003eA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003emoving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice-with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \"full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul\", 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 (\u003ci\u003eMinneapolis Star-Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e From an 1895 speech by Booker T. Washington to Julian Bond's sharp assessment of school segregation on the fiftieth anniversary of \u003ci\u003eBrown v. Board\u003c\/i\u003e in 2004, the collection captures a powerful tradition of oratory-by political activists, civil rights organizers, celebrities, and religious leaders-going back more than a century. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Including the text of each speech with an introduction placing it in historical context, \u003ci\u003eSay It Plain\u003c\/i\u003e is a remarkable record-from the back-to-Africa movement to the civil rights era and the rise of black nationalism and beyond-conveying a struggle for freedom and a challenge to America to live up to its democratic principles. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Includes speeches by: \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMary McLeod Bethune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJulian Bond\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStokely Carmichael\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShirley Chisholm\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLouis Farrakhan\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMarcus Garvey\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJesse Jackson\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMartin Luther King Jr.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThurgood Marshall\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBooker T. Washington\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWalter White\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCatherine Ellis is the founder of Audio Memoir, an oral history service that captures her clients' personal and professional stories using techniques honed by decades of interviewing and broadcast experience. A longtime producer for American Radio Works(R), Ellis has covered twentieth-century American race relations and critical events such as Hurricane Katrina and the Great Recession. She is a co-editor (with Stephen Drury Smith) of \u003ci\u003eSay It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSay It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Peter Bearman, Stephen Drury Smith, and Mary Marshall Clark) of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Fall: New Yorkers Remember September 2001 and the Years That Followed\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by The New Press. Ellis holds a PhD in anthropology from Columbia University, where she studied the competing memories of Jim Crow segregation in the South. She lives in Belmont, Massachusetts. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStephen Drury Smith is the executive editor and host of American RadioWorks(R), the acclaimed national documentary series from American Public Media(R). He has covered a wide range of international and domestic issues, including human rights, science and health, education, race relations, and American history. He is a co-editor (with Catherine Ellis) of \u003ci\u003eSay It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSay It Loud: Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity\u003c\/i\u003e and (with Mary Marshall Clark, Peter Bearman, and Catherine Ellis) of \u003ci\u003eAfter the Fall: New Yorkers Remember September 2001 and the Years That Followed\u003c\/i\u003e, all published by The New Press. He lives in St. Paul, Minnesota and Boston, Massachusetts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52078014791954,"sku":"9781595581266","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_d57abe87-501e-4191-a0a6-6d09c086a54e.jpg?v=1772527289","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/say-it-plain-a-century-of-great-african-american-speeches-9781595581266","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}