Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass By James Daley (Editor), Dover Thrift Editions ISBN: 9780486447612 UPC: 800759447619 ASIN: B007CJ4KZ8 ASIN: B00A2N4RPO ASIN: B00A736ABS Published: 2006 Number of Pages: 160 Edition: 1st Binding: Paperback

Pricing & Availability: Additional Details: Product Type: Book Publisher: Dover Publications Description: Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across two centuries, this anthology comprises speeches by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics.The collection begins with Henry Highland Garnet's 1843 "An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America," followed by Jermain Wesley Loguen's "I Am a Fugitive Slave," the famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech by Sojourner Truth, and Frederick Douglass's immortal "What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?" Subsequent orators include John Sweat Rock, John M. Langston, James T. Rapier, Alexander Crummell, Booker T. Washington, Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Francis J. Grimke, Marcus Garvey, and Mary McLeod Bethune. Martin Luther King, Jr., 's "I Have a Dream" speech appears here, along with Malcolm X's "The Ballot or The Bullet," Shirley Chisholm's "The Black Woman in Contemporary America," "The Constitution: A Living Document" by Thurgood Marshall, and Barack Obama's "Knox College Commencement Address." Includes two selections from the Common Core State Standards Initiative: "I Have a Dream" and "What to the Slave is the Fourth of July."

Library of Congress Control Number
   - LC control Number:  2005046627
   - LC control Number: 2005046627

International Standard Book Number: 0486447618: 0486447618 (pbk.): 9780486447612

Geographic Area Code: n-us---

Library of Congress Call Number
   - Classification number: PS663.N4
   - Item number: G74 2006

Dewey Decimal Classification Number
   - Edition number: 22
   - Classification number: 815.008/0896073

Title Statement
   - Title: Great speeches by African Americans :
   - Remainder of title: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and others /
   - Remainder of title: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, Jr., and others /
   - Statement of responsibility, etc.: edited by James Daley.

Publication, Distribution, etc. (Imprint)
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Mineola, N.Y. :
   - Place of publication, distribution, etc.: Mineola, NY :
   - Name of publisher, distribution, etc.: Dover Publications,
   - Date of publication, distribution, etc.: 2006.

Projected Publication Date: 0607

Physical Description
   - Extent: p. cm.
   - Extent: viii, 150 p. ;
   - Dimensions: 21 cm.

Series Statement/Added Entry - Title: Dover thrift editions

Subject Added Entry - Topical Term
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: African American orators.
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: African Americans
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Speeches, addresses, etc., American
   - Topical term or geographic name entry element: Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
   - Form subdivision: Sources.
   - General subdivision: African American authors.
   - General subdivision: History
   - General subdivision: Sources.

Added Entry - Personal Name
   - Personal name: Daley, James.