Say It Loud! : Great Speeches on Civil Rights and African American Identity

Malcolm X: "the ballot or the bullet," 1964 -- Lorraine Hansberry: "the black revolution and the white backlash," 1964 -- Ossie Davis: eulogy for Malcolm X, 1965 -- Martin Luther King Jr.: "where do we go from here?" 1967 -- Roy Wilkins: speech on the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders, 1968 -- Benjamin E. Mays: eulogy for Martin Luther King Jr., 1968 -- Kathleen Cleaver: speech delivered at memorial service for Bobby Hutton, 1968 -- Bobby Seale: speech delivered at the Kaleidoscope Theater, 1968 -- Ella Baker: speech to Southern Conference Education Fund, 1968 -- Shirley Chisholm: speech at Howard University, 1969 -- Angela Y. Davis: speech delivered at the Embassy Auditorium, 1972 -- Vernon E. Jordan Jr.: speech delivered at the National Press Club, 1978 -- Dorothy I. Height: speech delivered at the first Scholarly Conference on Black Women, 1979 -- James H. Cone: "the relationship of the Christian faith to political praxis", 1980 -- Toni Morrison: Nobel Prize lecture, 1993 -- Colin Powell: commencement address at Howard University, 1994 -- Mary Frances Berry: "one hundredth anniversary of Plessy v. Ferguson," 1996 -- Ward Connerly: "America: a nation of equals," 1998 -- Condoleezza Rice: "speech to National Council of Negro Women," 2001 -- Maxine Waters: "youth and the political process," 2003 -- Henry Louis Gates Jr.: "America beyond the color line," 2004 -- Michael Eric Dyson: "has the black middle class lost its mind?" 2005 -- Barack Obama: "a more perfect union," 2008.;Following the path-breaking Say It Plain, here is an even more commercial companion volume that covers the fight for civil rights in the words of some of the our country's most important voices.;Includes powerful speeches by Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Angela Davis, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr., James Cone, Toni Morrison, Cornel West, and many others. Following Say It Plain , a collection of speeches that provides “a sweeping perspective on evolving issues of black identity in the struggle for equality” ( Booklist ). In “full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul”, Say It Plain collected and transcribed speeches by some of the twentieth century’s leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures. Many of the speeches were never before available in printed form ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune ). Following the success of that groundbreaking volume, the Say It Loud! book adds new depth to the history of the modern struggle for racial equality and civil rights—focusing directly on the pivotal questions black America grappled with during the past four decades of resistance. With recordings unearthed from libraries and sound archives, and made widely available here for the first time, Say It Loud! includes powerful speeches by Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Martin Luther King Jr., James H. Cone, Toni Morrison, Colin Powell, and many others. Bringing the rich immediacy of the spoken word to a vital historical and intellectual tradition, Say It Loud! illuminates the diversity of ideas and arguments pulsing through the black freedom movement.

Following Say It Plain, a collection of speeches that provides "a sweeping perspective on evolving issues of black identity in the struggle for equality" ( Booklist ). In "full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul", Say It Plain collected and transcribed speeches by some of the twentieth century's leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures. Many of the speeches were never before available in printed form ( Minneapolis Star-Tribune ). Following the success of that groundbreaking volume, the Say It Loud! book adds new depth to the history of the modern struggle for racial equality and civil rights—focusing directly on the pivotal questions black America grappled with during the past four decades of resistance. With recordings unearthed from libraries and sound archives, and made widely available here for the first time, Say It Loud! includes powerful speeches by Malcolm X, Angela Davis, Martin Luther King Jr., James H. Cone, Toni Morrison, Colin Powell, and many others. Bringing the rich immediacy of the spoken word to a vital historical and intellectual tradition, Say It Loud! illuminates the diversity of ideas and arguments pulsing through the black freedom movement.

Say it Plain, the celebrated companion to the American RadioWorks® documentary which documented the great tradition of African American political speech in the twentieth century, collected the transcribed speeches of the twentieth century’s leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures, many of them never before available in printed form. Following the success of that path-breaking volume, Say It Loud adds new depth to the oral and audio history of the modern struggle for racial equality and civil rights—focusing directly on the pivotal questions black America grappled with during the past three decades of struggle. With recordings made widely available here for the first time, Say It Loud includes powerful speeches by Malcolm X, Fred Hampton, Angela Davis, Bayard Rustin, Martin Luther King Jr., James Cone, Toni Morrison, Cornel West, and many others.