Make it plain, standing up and speaking out, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. ; with Lee A. Daniels
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Make it plain, standing up and speaking out, Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. ; with Lee A. Daniels
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Make it plain
Responsibility statement
Vernon E. Jordan, Jr. ; with Lee A. Daniels
Sub title
standing up and speaking out
Summary
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 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
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- African American lawyers -- Biography
- National Urban League -- Biography
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Public speaking + Political aspects -- United States
- Jordan, Vernon E., Jr., Vernon Eulion, 1935-2021 -- Oratory
- Jordan, Vernon E., Jr., Vernon Eulion, 1935-2021
- African American orators + History
- African American political activists -- Biography
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Biography
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- Classification1
- Contributor1
- Creator1
- Subject10
- African American lawyers -- Biography
- National Urban League -- Biography
- Civil rights movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century
- Public speaking + Political aspects -- United States
- Jordan, Vernon E., Jr., Vernon Eulion, 1935-2021 -- Oratory
- Jordan, Vernon E., Jr., Vernon Eulion, 1935-2021
- African American orators + History
- African American political activists -- Biography
- African Americans + Civil rights + History -- 20th century
- African Americans -- Biography
- Content1