Life Lit by Some Large Vision: Selected Speeches and WritingsSimon and Schuster, 26 սեպ, 2006 թ. - 272 էջ Star actor of stage, film, and television, civil rights activist, screenwriter, and director, Ossie Davis was among the most beloved and respected men in Hollywood and American society as a whole, whose brilliant oratory style was among his most inspiring and celebrated gifts—and all of his written essays, tributes, letters, and more have been collected for this book. This book represents the best of the scores of speeches and talks, written and delivered by the great Ossie Davis. While the sound of his voice will be missed in the reading, his unique gift for expressing himself, articulating his thoughts and his visions are present on every page of this moving collection. Davis had intended to assemble these disparate pieces long before his passing in the spring of 2005. His wife and his family have followed-up and delivered to us the text of his speeches, essays, tributes and eulogies, letters, and the brilliant monologue that was "The Benediction" from his groundbreaking play, first produced in 1961, "Purlie Victorious." In the end, this is a book that will resonate from Hollywood to the heartlands across the country as a document of one man's wisdom and generosity, and a legacy that enriches all of us. |
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SPEECHES | 1 |
The English Language Is My Enemy 1966 | 9 |
On the Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr 1968 | 19 |
Be Not Too Tame Neither 1983 | 35 |
Talking Drums and Haitian Dumplings 1995 | 47 |
The World of Hunger and Me 2002 | 55 |
Found on This Campus 2003 | 61 |
contents | 64 |
A New Constitution c 1968 | 119 |
The Nature of the Revolution 1971 | 133 |
TRIBUTES AND EULOGIES | 149 |
Stepin Fetchit 1981 | 163 |
Then and Now 2002 | 179 |
James Boggs 1993 | 195 |
To Roger Price 1965 | 225 |
To Seymour Peck 1972 | 243 |
Convocation Speech 2004 | 77 |
A Discussion with Young Activists and Artists 2003 | 83 |
The Significance of Lorraine Hansberry 1965 | 95 |
Afterword | 251 |
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