{"product_id":"great-speeches-by-african-americans-frederick-douglass","title":"Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass","description":"Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across two centuries, this anthology comprises speeches by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics.\nThe collection begins with Henry Highland Garnet's 1843 \"An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America,\" followed by Jermain Wesley Loguen's \"I Am a Fugitive Slave,\" the famous \"Ain't I a Woman?\" speech by Sojourner Truth, and Frederick Douglass's immortal \"What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?\" Subsequent orators include John Sweat Rock, John M. Langston, James T. Rapier, Alexander Crummell, Booker T. Washington, Mary Church Terrell, Ida B. Wells-Barnett, Francis J. Grimké, Marcus Garvey, and Mary McLeod Bethune. Martin Luther King, Jr.,'s \"I Have a Dream\" speech appears here, along with Malcolm X's \"The Ballot or The Bullet,\" Shirley Chisholm's \"The Black Woman in Contemporary America,\" \"The Constitution: A Living Document\" by Thurgood Marshall, and Barack Obama's \"Knox College Commencement Address.\"\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0486447618\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0486447618.A\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Acceptable\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:James Daley\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item is very worn but is perfectly usable. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing  age related spots and browning . May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43027692585021,"sku":"BVV.0486447618.A","price":5.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0486447618-0.jpg?v=1772744617","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/great-speeches-by-african-americans-frederick-douglass","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}