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King's Dream (Icons of America)

Eric J. Sundquist

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Description:"Sundquist's careful, thoughtful study unearths new and fascinating evidence of the rhetorical traditions in King's speech."--Drew D. Hansen, author of The Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech That Inspired a Nation"I have a dream"--no words are more widely recognized, or more often repeated, than those called out from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1963. King's speech, elegantly structured and commanding in tone, has become shorthand not only for his own life but for the entire civil rights movement. In this new exploration of the "I Have a Dream" speech, Eric J. Sundquist places it in the history of American debates about racial justice--debates as old as the nation itself--and demonstrates how the speech, an exultant blend of grand poetry and powerful elocution, perfectly expressed the story of African American freedom.This book is the first to set King's speech within the cultural and rhetorical traditions on which the civil rights leader drew in crafting his oratory, as well as its essential historical contexts, from the early days of the republic through present-day Supreme Court rulings. At a time when the meaning of the speech has been obscured by its appropriation for every conceivable cause, Sundquist clarifies the transformative power of King's "Second Emancipation Proclamation" and its continuing relevance for contemporary arguments about equality."The ['I Have a Dream'] speech and all that surrounds it--background and consequences--are brought magnificently to life . . . In this book he gives us drama and emotion, a powerful sense of history combined with illuminating scholarship."--The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with King's Dream (Icons of America). To get started finding King's Dream (Icons of America), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Publisher: Yale University Press

Release: 2009

ISBN: 0300142447

Description: "Sundquist's careful, thoughtful study unearths new and fascinating evidence of the rhetorical traditions in King's speech."--Drew D. Hansen, author of The Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Speech That Inspired a Nation"I have a dream"--no words are more widely recognized, or more often repeated, than those called out from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial by Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1963. King's speech, elegantly structured and commanding in tone, has become shorthand not only for his own life but for the entire civil rights movement. In this new exploration of the "I Have a Dream" speech, Eric J. Sundquist places it in the history of American debates about racial justice--debates as old as the nation itself--and demonstrates how the speech, an exultant blend of grand poetry and powerful elocution, perfectly expressed the story of African American freedom.This book is the first to set King's speech within the cultural and rhetorical traditions on which the civil rights leader drew in crafting his oratory, as well as its essential historical contexts, from the early days of the republic through present-day Supreme Court rulings. At a time when the meaning of the speech has been obscured by its appropriation for every conceivable cause, Sundquist clarifies the transformative power of King's "Second Emancipation Proclamation" and its continuing relevance for contemporary arguments about equality."The ['I Have a Dream'] speech and all that surrounds it--background and consequences--are brought magnificently to life . . . In this book he gives us drama and emotion, a powerful sense of history combined with illuminating scholarship."--The New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with King's Dream (Icons of America). To get started finding King's Dream (Icons of America), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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