<div>Following Say It Plain, a collection of speeches that provides &ldquo;a sweeping perspective on evolving issues of black identity in the struggle for equality&rdquo; (Booklist). In &ldquo;full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul&rdquo;, Say It Plain collected and transcribed speeches by some of the twentieth century&rsquo;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&mdash;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.</div>

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<div>New Yorkers remember 9/11 in this landmark volume of oral history commemorating the tenth anniversary of the attacks&mdash;A &ldquo;staggering book of living memory&rdquo; (Booklist, starred review). Within days of September 11, 2001, Columbia&rsquo;s Oral History Research Office deployed interviewers across the city to collect the accounts and observations of hundreds of people from a diverse mix of New York neighborhoods and backgrounds. With follow-up interviews spanning years, the project produced a deep and revealing look at how the attacks changed individual lives and communities in New York City. After the Fall presents a selection of these fascinating testimonies, with heartbreaking and enlightening stories from a broad range of New Yorkers. The interviews include first-responders, taxi drivers, school teachers, artists, religious leaders, immigrants, and others who were interviewed numerous times since the 2001 attacks. The result is a remarkable time-lapse account of the city as it changed in the wake of 9/11, one that will resonate powerfully with New Yorkers and millions of others who continue to feel the impact of the most damaging foreign attack to ever occur inside the United States.</div>

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<div>A moving portrait of how black Americans have spoken out against injustice&mdash;with speeches by Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Jesse Jackson, and more. In &ldquo;full-throated public oratory, the kind that can stir the soul&rdquo;, this unique anthology collects the transcribed speeches of the twentieth century&rsquo;s leading African American cultural, literary, and political figures, many never before available in printed form (Minneapolis Star-Tribune). From an 1895 speech by Booker T. Washington to Julian Bond&rsquo;s sharp assessment of school segregation on the fiftieth anniversary of Brown v. Board in 2004, the collection captures a powerful tradition of oratory&mdash;by political activists, civil rights organizers, celebrities, and religious leaders&mdash;going back more than a century. Including the text of each speech with an introduction placing it in historical context, Say It Plain is a remarkable record&mdash;from the back-to-Africa movement to the civil rights era and the rise of black nationalism and beyond&mdash;conveying a struggle for freedom and a challenge to America to live up to its democratic principles. Includes speeches by: <ul><li>Mary McLeod Bethune</li><li>Julian Bond</li><li>Stokely Carmichael</li><li>Shirley Chisholm</li><li>Louis Farrakhan</li><li>Marcus Garvey</li><li>Jesse Jackson</li><li>Martin Luther King Jr.</li><li>Thurgood Marshall</li><li>Booker T. Washington</li><li>Walter White</li></ul></div>

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Say It Plain

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