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Make It Plain : Standing up and Speaking Out by Vernon Jordan Jr. (2009, Trade Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPublicaffairs
ISBN-101586487752
ISBN-139781586487751
eBay Product ID (ePID)71939255
Product Key Features
Number of Pages266 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMake It Plain : Standing Up and Speaking Out
Publication Year2009
SubjectRich & Famous, United States / 20th Century, Civil Rights, Ethnic Studies / African American Studies, Public Speaking
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Language Arts & Disciplines, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorVernon Jordan Jr.
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight11.5 Oz
Item Length8.5 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Dewey Edition22
Dewey Decimal323.092 B
SynopsisThe long and storied career of Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. one of the nation's finest speakers, has carried him from work on the civil rights front lines in the South to the National Urban League to positions of influence at the highest level of business and politics. A friend and confidant to presidents, Vernon Jordan has never forgotten the men and women, from Wiley Branton to Martin Luther King, from Fannie Lou Hamer to Whitney Young to Primus King, whose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply influenced him. Their examples, and voices, mixed with Vernon's own make this book both a history and an embodiment of black speech at its finest, full of emotion, controlled force, righteous indignation, love of country, and awe in front of the challenges ahead., 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 -- from Ruby Hurley to Wiley Branton to Gardner C. Taylor to Martin Luther King, Jr. -- 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: Full of emotion, controlled force, righteous indignation, love of country, and awe in front of the God-given challenges ahead.
As told toDaniels, Lee A.
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