false <![CDATA[Make It Plain: A Life of Speaking]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256163455m/3343901.jpg 3343901 1 <DIV>Black Americans have always relied on the oral tradition&#8212;storytelling, preaching, and speechmaking&#8212;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. <P>Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., one of the nation&#8217;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&#8212;from Ruby Hurley to Wiley Branton to Gardner C. Taylor to Martin Luther King, Jr.&#8212;whose oratorical skill in service to social justice deeply influenced him. Their examples and voices, reflected in Vernon&#8217;s 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.</DIV> 3382223 3 11 2008 Make It Plain: A Life of Speaking 0 0 17 0 0 0 false false Tue Nov 17 21:20:44 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 17 21:20:44 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Jul 17 17:04:50 -0700 2009 Fri Jul 17 17:04:50 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Thu Jul 16 17:33:21 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 17:33:21 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 13:04:56 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 24 13:10:30 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Sun Apr 19 12:28:02 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 19 12:28:02 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Fri Mar 20 03:35:10 -0700 2009 Fri Mar 20 03:35:10 -0700 2009 0 0 false false Mon Jan 19 04:50:49 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 19 04:50:54 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Nov 25 16:44:07 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 16:44:18 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 19 19:53:59 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 19:53:59 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 19 08:36:57 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 19 08:36:57 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 07 20:08:50 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 20:08:55 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Fri Nov 07 08:07:14 -0800 2008 Fri Nov 07 08:07:18 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Thu Nov 06 06:21:54 -0800 2008 Sat Jan 17 07:46:43 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Wed Nov 05 19:18:03 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 19:18:03 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 05 15:45:38 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 15:45:38 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Nov 05 15:18:27 -0800 2008 Wed Nov 05 15:18:27 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Oct 29 12:25:21 -0700 2008 Wed Oct 29 12:25:40 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=3343901