Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence

Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence is written by various authors about  the Best Speeches Delivered by the Negro from the days of  Slavery to the Present Time. 

Excerpts from the book:

It seems eminently fitting and proper in this year, the fiftieth anniversary of the Proclamation of Emancipation that the Negro should give pause and look around him at the things which he has done, those which he might have done, and those which he intends to do. We pause, just at the beginning of another half century, taking stock of past achievements, present conditions, future possibilities.