{"product_id":"lift-every-voice-philip-s-foner-9780817309060","title":"Lift Every Voice: African American Oratory, 1787-1901","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis comprehensive anthology will be the standard source for the\u003cbr\u003estudy of African American public address for years to come. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Americans of the 19th century, as W. E. B. Du Bois observed, eloquent\u003cbr\u003espeeches were 'the shining lights of civilization' that both expressed\u003cbr\u003eand sought to improve the lives and communities from which they sprang.\u003cbr\u003eThrough political speeches, sermons, lectures, oral testimonies, and ceremonial\u003cbr\u003eaddresses, African Americans offered diverse responses to the issues and\u003cbr\u003eevents of their times, including not only slavery and racial equality but\u003cbr\u003ealso women's rights, education, religion, immigration, socialism, war, \u003cbr\u003eIndian policy, and labor organization, among others. The speeches in this\u003cbr\u003ecollection are among the most powerful expressions of African American\u003cbr\u003eopinions on these issues and were delivered on occasions and before audiences\u003cbr\u003ewhere the speakers believed their words might be transformative.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLift Every Voice\u003c\/i\u003e is a completely revised, updated, and expanded\u003cbr\u003eversion of Philip Foner's 1972 classic Voice of Black America, which Library\u003cbr\u003eJournal hailed as \"indispensable.\"\"This well-edited and\u003cbr\u003erichly inclusive work,\" wrote Benjamin Quarles, \"unveils the\u003cbr\u003efull sweep of Black expression as found in platform addresses\" by\u003cbr\u003e\"men and women who join eloquence with reason in articulating their\u003cbr\u003egrievances and their aspirations and in arousing their listeners with their\u003cbr\u003eringing and prophetic challenges.\" This new collection includes over\u003cbr\u003e60 additional texts and revised and expanded introductory essays that provide\u003cbr\u003ehistorical, biographical, and critical information for each speech.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContaining more than 150 speeches, this anthology represents the most\u003cbr\u003eextensive and diverse collection of African American oratory of the 18th\u003cbr\u003eand 19th centuries ever published. \u003ci\u003eLift Every Voice\u003c\/i\u003e makes readily\u003cbr\u003eaccessible not only the classic orations of such well-known figures\u003cbr\u003eas Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, and Booker T. Washington but also\u003cbr\u003edozens of lesser-known but important speeches deserving greater recognition\u003cbr\u003eand study. Many of these speeches are previously unpublished, uncollected, \u003cbr\u003eor long out of print.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Philip S. Foner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0817309063\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780817309060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University Alabama Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/11\/1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 944\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.92lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 2.02d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/15\/1998 pg. 82","brand":"Philip S. Foner","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48457730654463,"sku":"9780817309060","price":44.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e724fb9e-acbc-4920-a463-f6253f411d14.jpg?v=1777400695","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/lift-every-voice-philip-s-foner-9780817309060","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}