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Great African American Speeches
- Narrator
- Nelson Mandela
- Publish Date
- 19 January 2016
- Run Time
- 9 hours 2 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Speeches, Anthologies: general
What to expect
In this collection, African American leaders change history with the power of the spoken word.
Martin Luther King, Jr.: I’ve Been to the Mountaintop (1968), Unfulfilled Dreams (1968)
US Representative Barbara Jordan: DNC Keynote Address (1976)
Malcolm X: Field Negro vs. House Negro (1963)
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: Be Not Afraid (2001)
Stokely Carmichael: Black Power (1966)
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: RNC Keynote Address (2012)
President Barack Obama: Victory Speech, Inauguration Speech
Dr. Benjamin Carson: National Prayer Breakfast (2013)
Nelson Mandela: United Nations Address (1990), Joint Session of Congress (1990)
Reverend Jesse Jackson: DNC Address (1984), DNC Address (1988)
Representative Shirley Chisholm: Greenfield College (1983)
Secretary of State Colin Powell: TEDxMidAtlantic Conference (2012)
Honorable Janice Rogers Brown: Return of the Forgotten Man (2011)
*These are actual historic recordings, the sound quality represents the available audio technology of the era, and varies by recording.
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Details
- Author
- Nelson Mandela, SpeechWorks
- Narrator
- Nelson Mandela
- Duration
- 9 hours 2 minutes
- Release Date
- 19 January 2016
- ISBN
- 9781504674836
- Format
- Audiobook
- Genre
- Speeches, Anthologies: general
Synopsis
In this collection, African American leaders change history with the power of the spoken word.Martin Luther King, Jr.: I’ve Been to the Mountaintop (1968), Unfulfilled Dreams (1968)US Representative Barbara Jordan: DNC Keynote Address (1976)Malcolm X: Field Negro vs. House Negro (1963)Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas: Be Not Afraid (2001)Stokely Carmichael: Black Power (1966)Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice: RNC Keynote Address (2012)President Barack Obama: Victory Speech, Inauguration SpeechDr. Benjamin Carson: National Prayer Breakfast (2013)Nelson Mandela: United Nations Address (1990), Joint Session of Congress (1990)Reverend Jesse Jackson: DNC Address (1984), DNC Address (1988)Representative Shirley Chisholm: Greenfield College (1983)Secretary of State Colin Powell: TEDxMidAtlantic Conference (2012)Honorable Janice Rogers Brown: Return of the Forgotten Man (2011)*These are actual historic recordings, the sound quality represents the available audio technology of the era, and varies by recording.
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