James Daley 
Great Speeches by African Americans 
Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others

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. Grimké, Marcus Garvey, and Mary Mc Leod 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.‘

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Henry Highland Garnet An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America (1843)

Jermain Wesley Loguen I Am a Fugitive Slave (1850)

Sojourner Truth Ain’t I a Woman? (1851)

Frederick Douglass What, to the Slave, is the Fourth of July? (1852)

John Sweat Rock A Deep and Cruel Prejudice (1862)

John Mercer Langston Equality Before the Law (1874)

James T. Rapier The Civil Rights Bill (1875)

Alexander Crummell The Black Woman of the South: Her Neglects and and Her Needs (1883)

Booker T. Washington Atlanta Exposition Address (1895)

W. E. B. Du Bois To the Nations of the World (1900)

Mary Church Terrell What It Means to be Colored in the Capital of the United States (1906)

Francis J. Grimké Equality of Rights for All Citizens: Black and White, Alike (1909)

Ida B. Wells-Barnett This Awful Slaughter (1909)

Marcus Garvey The Principles of the Universal Negro Improvement Association (1922)

Mary Mc Leod Bethune What Does American Democracy Mean to Me? (1939)

Martin Luther King, Jr. I Have a Dream (1963)

Malcolm X The Ballot or The Bullet (1964)

Shirley Chisholm The Black Woman in Contemporary America (1974)

Thurgood Marshall The Constitution: A Living Document (1987)

Barack Obama Knox College Commencement Address (2005)