Home

Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches

To link to this object, paste this link in email, IM or document
To embed this object, paste this HTML in website

Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches

small (250x250 max)

medium (500x500 max)

large ( > 500x500)

Full Resolution

you wish to report:

Your comment:

Your Name:

...

Title	Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches
View collection at	http://americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/index.html
Description	Includes Mary McLeod Bethune's 1939 speech, "What Does American Democracy Mean to Me;" Fannie Lou Hamer's "Testimony Before the Credentials Committee, Democratic National Convention" (1964); Shirley Chisolm's "The Black Woman in Contemporary America" (1974); and Barbara Jordan's "Statement at the U.S. House Judiciary Committee Impeachment Hearings" (1974).
Creator	Ellis, Kate, and Stephen Smith, eds.
Subject	African American orators African American women Speeches, addresses, etc.
Featured Women	Bethune, Mary McLeod; Chisholm, Shirley; Hamer, Fannie Lou; Jordan, Barbara
Time Period	1930-1939 1960-1969 1970-1979
Publisher	American RadioWorks
Primary Sources	Speeches
Format	Audio; Transcripts

Description