Catherine Ellis (1)
Autor von Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Speeches
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But Say It Plain is so much more than just another book of speeches by African American cultural and spiritual leaders and political figures. Indeed, Say It Plain is a book intended to be heard rather than read. The print form of the book accompanies two CDs which are actual, live recordings of the speechwriter’s original delivery, not actors’ voices or mere readings of the prepared text. The listener hears passion in the voices as the speakers sometimes stray from or augment the original versions.
Collecting recordings for this project was a difficult endeavor for the editors. Obviously recording equipment was in its infancy in the late 19th century as the scratchy sound of Booker T. Washington’s 1895 speech reminds us. Hearing this particular recording has launched this reviewer into another world of personal research on the history of recording technology. Although the search for recordings took the editors to libraries with vast African American collections such as the J. Fred MacDonald collection in the Chicago Vincent Voice Library at Michigan State University, some preserved recordings are in archives that are not readily accessible to the public. Some copyrights are owned by rich, private networks with permission fees too high for the budget of the project. And some family heirs holding copyrights to speeches simply denied requests to have their ancestors’ words included in the work.
Nevertheless, Say It Plain is an inspirational audio documentary of early American speeches not previously covered in other works. Say It Plain gives new life to some of history’s most powerful speeches for both young ears and old ears with no prior opportunity to hear the message the first time.
O, yes, I say it plain,
America never was America to me,
And yet I swear this oath-
America will be!
Langston Hughes
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