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Standing Up And Speaking Out
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November 2008
On Sale: November 3, 2008
272 pages
ISBN: 158648298X
EAN: 9781586482985
Hardcover
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Non-Fiction Memoir | Non-Fiction Political
Black Americans have always relied on the oral traditionโstorytelling, preaching, and speechmakingโto 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 nationโs 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 womenโfrom Ruby Hurley to Wiley Branton to Gardner C. Taylor to Martin Luther King, Jr.โwhose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply influenced him. Their examples and voices, reflected in Vernonโs own, make this book both a history and an embodiment of black speech at its finest: Full of emotion, controlled force, righteous indignation, love of country, and awe in front of the God-given challenges ahead.  Media BuzzTell Me More - November 19, 2008
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