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Make it plain : standing up and speaking out / Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. ; with Lee A. Daniels.

Author/creator Jordan, Vernon E. (Vernon Eulion), Jr., 1935-2021
Other author/creatorDaniels, Lee A.
Format Book and Print
Edition1st ed.
Publication InfoNew York : PublicAffairs, ©2008.
Descriptionxxiv, 239 pages ; 22 cm
Subject(s)
Abstract Black Americans have always relied on the oral tradition--storytelling, preaching, and speechmaking--to assert their rights and preserve and pass on their history and culture. In the pulpit, courtroom, or cotton field, they have understood the power of words, distinctively delivered, to educate and inspire. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., one of the nation's finest speakers, imbibed this tradition as a young man and has given it his own unique inflection from his work on the civil rights front lines, to the National Urban League, to positions of influence at the highest level of business and politics. A friend and confidant to presidents, Jordan has never forgotten the men and women whose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply influenced him. Their examples and voices, reflected in Vernon's own, make this book both a history and an embodiment of black speech at its finest.--From publisher description.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 2008032640
ISBN9781586482985 (hardcover)
ISBN158648298X (hardcover)

Available Items

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Joyner General Stacks E 185.97.J78 A3 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold