by RoyLisa | Apr 17, 2018 | African American History, Speeches
On August 15, 1970, Huey P. Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, gave a speech in New York City where he outlined the Party’s position on two emerging movements at the time, the women’s liberation movement and the gay liberation movement. Newton’s...
by RoyLisa | Mar 17, 2017 | African American History, Speeches
Glenn C. Loury delivered this presentation at Hillsdale College on November 7, 1982, as part of a Center for Constructive Alternatives seminar entitled, “Ethnic America: Melting Pot or Mosaic?” One of the great myths of our time is the belief in the great...
by RoyLisa | Mar 17, 2017 | African American History, Speeches
In the speech below conservative critic Anne Wortham challenges the central theme of universal brotherhood as promoted in Dr. Martin Luther King’s often quoted “I Have A Dream Speech.” She argues that King failed to recognize individual success and...
by RoyLisa | Mar 16, 2017 | African American History, Speeches
Thank you all so much. Thank you, Judge Bell for your kind words, and I also thank you for all the kind things you’ve done for me in my life, especially over the last three or four years. I — This is a real pleasure to be here. I didn’t thing so many...
by RoyLisa | Mar 15, 2017 | African American History, Speeches
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” In December 1980, shortly after former California Governor Ronald Reagan was elected President of the United States, the Institute for Contemporary Studies, a California-based public policy institute (think tank)...
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