American voices : an encyclopedia of contemporary American orators

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Where to find it

Davis Library — Reference (1st floor)

Call Number
PS408 .A47 2005
Status
Available

Summary

Contemporary public speaking remains an important part of our national life and a substantial force in shaping current events. Many of America's most important moments and issues, such as wars, scandals, election campaigns, September 11, 2001, have been defined by oratory. Here, over 50 essays cover a substantial and interesting group of major American social, political, economic, and cultural figures from the 1960s to the present. Each entry explains the biographical forces that shaped a speaker and his or her rhetorical approach, focuses mainly on a discussion of the orator's major speeches within the context of historical events, and concludes with an appraisal of the speaker and his or her contribution to American political and social life. All entries incorporate chronologies of major speeches, bibliographies including primary sources, biographies, and critical studies and archival collections or Web sites appropriate for student research.

Entries include high profile individuals such as: John D. Ashcroft, Elizabeth Dole, Jerry Falwell, Anita Hill, Ralph Nader, Ronald Reagan, Janet Reno, Gloria Steinem, Malcolm X; and many others. Excerpts of major speeches and sidebars complement the text. Ideal for researchers and students in public speaking classes, American history classes, American politics classes, contemporary public address classes, and rhetorical theory/criticism classes.

Contents

  • Preface p. ix
  • Introduction p. xi
  • John D. Ashcroft p. 1 Harry Hellenbrand
  • Elizabeth M. Birch p. 8 Shawn Parry-Giles and Jason Edward Black
  • Patrick J. Buchanan p. 16 C. Brant Short
  • George Herbert Walker Bush p. 22 Craig R. Smith
  • George Walker Bush p. 31 Richard E. Vatz
  • Robert Carlyle Byrd p. 39 William D. Pederson and Sina K. Nazemi
  • Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Toure) p. 46 Robert E. Terrill
  • James Earl "Jimmy" Carter p. 53 Richard W. Leeman
  • Cesar Estrada Chavez p. 61 John C. Hammerback and Richard J. Jensen
  • Ward L. Churchill p. 70 Catherine H. Palczewski and Randall A. Lake
  • Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton p. 77 Karrin Vasby Anderson
  • William Jefferson Clinton p. 84 Stephen A. Smith
  • Mario Matthew Cuomo p. 97 Mary Anne Trasciatti
  • Thomas Andrew Daschle p. 104 Troy A. Murphy
  • Angela Yvonne Davis p. 111 Cindy L. Griffin
  • Alan Dershowitz p. 119 R. John DeSanto and Daniel A. Grano
  • Elizabeth Hanford Dole p. 126 Nichola Gutgold
  • Marian Wright Edelman p. 133 Beth Waggenspack
  • Joycelyn Elders p. 141 Lorraine D. Jackson
  • Jerry Falwell p. 149 Paul Stob and Charles Conrad
  • Louis Abdul Farrakhan p. 155 Mark Lawrence McPhail
  • Gerald Rudolph Ford p. 164 Hermann G. Stelzner
  • Albert Arnold Gore, Jr. p. 169 David Hoffman
  • William Franklin (Billy) Graham, Jr. p. 177 Hal W. Fulmer and Jennifer Young Abbott
  • Anita Faye Hill p. 187 Vanessa B. Beasley
  • Jesse Louis Jackson p. 192 David B. McLennan
  • Lyndon Baines Johnson p. 203 David Zarefsky
  • Sonia Johnson p. 211 Karen A. Foss
  • Barbara Charline Jordan p. 217 Carl R. Burgchardt
  • Edward Moore Kennedy p. 224 William D. Pederson
  • John Fitzgerald Kennedy p. 231 Theodore O. Windt, Jr.
  • Robert Francis Kennedy p. 238 Steven R. Goldzwig and Patricia A. Sullivan
  • John F. Kerry p. 247 Bernard K. Duffy and Marilyn DeLaure
  • Martin Luther King, Jr. p. 258 Marilyn DeLaure and Bernard K. Duffy
  • Larry Kramer p. 270 Charles E. Morris
  • Winona LaDuke p. 277 Dayle C. Hardy-Short and C. Brant Short
  • Audre Geraldine Lorde p. 285 Lester C. Olson
  • Wilma Mankiller p. 293 Christopher J. Skiles
  • Thurgood Marshall p. 299 Stephen A. Smith
  • William (Bill) Paul McCartney p. 307 Jennifer Young Abbott
  • Russell Means p. 316 Randall A. Lake and Catherine H. Palczewski
  • Harvey Bernard Milk p. 324 Karen A. Foss
  • Ralph Nader p. 330 Patricia A. Sullivan and Steven R. Goldzwig
  • Richard Milhous Nixon p. 338 Celeste M. Condit and Shannon Holland
  • Samuel Augustus Nunn p. 346 Edward M. Panetta
  • Sandra Day O'Connor p. 353 Janice Schuetz
  • H. Ross Perot p. 360 Valerie A. Endress and Mari Boor Tonn
  • Colin Luther Powell p. 368 Richard W. Leeman
  • Ronald Wilson Reagan p. 378 Ronald H. Carpenter and Windy Y. Lawrence
  • Janet Reno p. 390 Janice Schuetz
  • Donald H. Rumsfeld p. 398 Gordon Stables
  • Antonin Scalia p. 407 Catherine Langford
  • Al Sharpton p. 414 Daniel A. Grano
  • Gloria Steinem p. 422 Lisa Shawn Hogan
  • George Corley Wallace p. 429 Andrew King
  • Alyce Faye Wattleton p. 434 Lorraine D. Jackson
  • Christine Todd Whitman p. 440 Kristina Horn Sheeler
  • Malcolm X p. 449 Thomas W. Benson
  • Bibliographic Essay p. 455 Alan Razee
  • Index p. 465
  • About the Editors and Contributors p. 477

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