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008 080723s2008 nyu 001 0aeng
010 $a 2008032640
020 $a9781586482985 (hardcover)
020 $a158648298X (hardcover)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn191926284
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050 00 $aE185.97.J78$bA3 2008
100 1 $aJordan, Vernon E.$q(Vernon Eulion),$d1935-
245 10 $aMake it plain :$bstanding up and speaking out /$cVernon E. Jordan, Jr. ; with Lee A. Daniels.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bPublicAffairs,$cc2008.
300 $axxiv, 239 p. ;$c22 cm.
500 $aIncludes index.
520 $aBlack 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.
600 10 $aJordan, Vernon E.$q(Vernon Eulion),$d1935-
600 10 $aJordan, Vernon E.$q(Vernon Eulion),$d1935-$xOratory.
650 0 $aPublic speaking$xPolitical aspects$zUnited States.
650 0 $aAfrican American orators$xHistory.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican American political activists$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican American lawyers$vBiography.
650 0 $aAfrican Americans$xCivil rights$xHistory$y20th century.
650 0 $aCivil rights movements$zUnited States$xHistory$y20th century.
610 20 $aNational Urban League$vBiography.
700 1 $aDaniels, Lee A.