Great Speeches by African Americans

Voices of Freedom: Landmark Speeches by African American Leaders

Tracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across two centuries, this anthology comprises speeches by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics.

The collection begins with Henry Highland Garnet’s 1843 “An Address to the Slaves of the United States of America,” followed by Jermain We…