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Ask Not: the inauguration of John F. Kennedy and the speech that changed America by Call Number: NEW BOOKSHELF J82.D91 C53 2011ISBN: 0805072136Publication Date: 2004-10-08A narrative of Kennedy's quest to create a speech that would distill American dreams and empower a new generation, Ask Not is a beautifully detailed account of the inauguration and the weeks preceding it.
Eloquent Rage by Call Number: HQ1413.C67 C67 2019ISBN: 9781250112880Publication Date: 2019-03-05Far too often, Black women's anger has been caricatured into an ugly and destructive force that threatens the civility and social fabric of American democracy. But, black women's eloquent rage is what makes Serena Williams such a powerful tennis player. It's what makes Beyoncé's girl power anthems resonate so hard. It's what makes Michelle Obama an icon.
Lend Me Your Ears by Call Number: STACKS PN6122 .L4 2004ISBN: 0393059316Publication Date: 2004-10-17A compendium of more than two hundred classic and modern speeches includes Orson Welles eulogizing Darryl F. Zanuck, George Patton exhorting his D-Day troops, King Edward VIII abdicating his throne, and the never-delivered speech John F. Kennedy was scheduled to give in Dallas.
Lincoln by Call Number: STACKS E457.2 .K357 2008ISBN: 9780060773342Publication Date: 2008-10-28For Abraham Lincoln, whether he was composing love letters, speeches, or legal arguments, words mattered. In Lincoln, acclaimed biographer Fred Kaplan explores the life of America’s sixteenth president through his use of language as a vehicle both to express complex ideas and feelings and as an instrument of persuasion and empowerment.
Steve Jobs by Call Number: QA76.2.J63 I83 2011ISBN: 9781451648539Publication Date: 2011-10-24Based on more than forty interviews with Jobs conducted over two years--as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagues--Walter Isaacson has written a riveting story of the roller-coaster life and searingly intense personality of a creative entrepreneur who revolutionized six industries: personal computers, animated movies, music, phones, tablet computing, and digital publishing.
Voices of Multicultural America by Call Number: REFERENCE PS663.M55 V64 1996ISBN: 0810393786Publication Date: 1995-10-01Ask a librarian at the Reference Desk for assistance locating this book.
We Are the Change We Seek by Call Number: STACKS E891.5 .O335 2017bISBN: 1635570913Publication Date: 2017-01-31Barack Obama's political life can be chronicled through a series of major addresses in which he spoke to the nation with a voice uniquely his own. His eloquence, both written and spoken, propelled him to national prominence and ultimately made it possible for the son of a Kenyan man and a white woman from Kansas to become the first black president of the United States.
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African-American Orators by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9780313290145Publication Date: 1996-08-28Assesses the unique styles and themes of notable African-American orators from the mid-19th century to the mid-1990s―of 43 representative public speakers, including W.E.B. Du Bois, Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Booker T. Washington, and Martin Luther King Jr.
Antebellum Women by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9780742551961Publication Date: 2010-10-16Includes two transcriptions of Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?" speech from 1851 and 1863.
Becoming by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9781524763152An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.
Connecting with Constituents: Identification Building and Blocking in Contemporary National Convention Addresses by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9780739199039Publication Date: 2015-10-08Explores speeches delivered at national nominating conventions from historic, strategic, and analytic perspectives. Focusing on the strategies speakers use to appeal to particular facets of the American audience, this book illustrates the importance of nominating conventions as part of an ongoing national conversation about the political character of the country and its people.
Constructing Presidential Legacy by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9781474437318Publication Date: 2018Chapter 7 discusses the context of President Obama's Farewell Address.
Double-Consciousness and the Rhetoric of Barack Obama by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9781611175318Publication Date: 2015Through close analyses of selected speeches from Obama's 2008 campaign and first presidential term, this book argues that Obama does not present double-consciousness merely as a point of view but rather as an idiom with which we might speak to one another. Contains an entire chapter about his speech "A More Perfect Union."
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Preserver of Spirit and Hope by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9781604564969Publication Date: 2009Contains a chapter on the build up to WWII, the domestic debate between the isolationists and interventionists and FDR's speech following the attack at Pearl Harbor.
Hillary Clinton in the News: Gender and Authenticity in American Politics by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9780252079788Publication Date: 2014-01-21Chapter 3 discusses Hillary Clinton's trip to Beijing in 1995 for the U.N.'s Fourth World Conference on Women.
Ring Out Freedom! by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 0253110815Publication Date: 2003-11-20Martin Luther King, Jr. was more than the civil rights movement’s most visible figure, he was its voice. This book describes what went into the creation of that voice. It explores how King used words to define a movement. From a place situated between two cultures of American society, King shaped the language that gave the movement its identity and meaning.
Saving Nelson Mandela: The Rivonia Trial and Fate of South Africa by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9780199740222Publication Date: 2012As documented in this inspirational book, the Rivonia trial was a critical milestone that helped chart the end of Apartheid and the future of a new South Africa. The chapter entitled Mandela at the Dock describes his famous speech that began "I am the First Accused."
Slipping the Surly Bonds: Reagan's Challenger Address by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9781585445127Publication Date: 2006Focusing on the text of Reagan's speech, the author shows how President Reagan's reputation as “the Great Communicator” adds significance to our understanding of his rhetoric on one of the most momentous occasions of his administration.
The Teleological Discourse of Barack Obama by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 0739174096Publication Date: 2012-06-01Provides an in-depth analysis of President Barack Obama’s speeches and writings to explain the power of the 44th president's speaking. This book argues that, from his earliest writings through his latest presidential speeches, Obama has described the world through a teleological lens.
The Will of a People: A Critical Anthology of Great African American Speeches by Call Number: EBOOK READ ONLINEISBN: 9780809330577Publication Date: 2012Pairs the full texts of the most important African American orations with substantial introductory essays intended to guide the reader's understanding of the speaker, the speech, its rhetorical interpretation, and the historical context in which it occurred.
