African-American Orators: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook

by Richard Leeman

This long-needed sourcebook assesses the unique styles and themes of notable African-American orators from the mid-19th century to the present--of 43 representative public speakers, from W.E.B. Du Bois and Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Martin Luther King Jr. and Jesse Jackson to Barbara Jordan and Thurgood Marshall. The critical analyses of the oratory of a broad segment of different types of public speakers demonstrate how they have stressed the historical...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0313290148
• ISBN13: 9780313290145
• Release Date: August 1996
• Publisher: Greenwood
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"