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Rise and Progress of the Negro: William Howard Taft gives a campaign speech on August 5, 1908
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Rise and Progress of the Negro: William Howard Taft gives a campaign speech in Hot Springs, Virginia, on August 5, 1908 in which he stresses the advancement of the Negro since his freedom from slavery and the Republican platform demanding justice to all men and enforcement of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments of the Constitution.
Listen to a rare William Howard Taft speech on this vintage Victor record. Hear the 1908 recording Rights and Progress of the Negro.
This video features a close look at a historical artifact from the early 20th century. We examine the physical record and play it on a period-accurate gramophone to preserve the audio quality of this significant speech. This content is for collectors of antique media and students of political history who want to hear how leaders communicated during the Taft era.
By analyzing this vintage Victor record, viewers gain insight into the specific rhetoric used regarding civil rights during the early 1900s. The footage provides a clear look at the gramophone technology used to distribute these speeches to the public. You will see firsthand how the History's Agenda Podcast uses original media to document past events.
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The Platform And Its Purpose
SPEAKER_00The Republican platform refers to the amendments to the Constitution that were passed by the Republican Party for the protection of the Negro.
Measuring Progress After Emancipation
SPEAKER_00The Negro, in the 40 years since he was freed from slavery, has made remarkable progress. He is becoming a more and more valuable member of the communities in which he lives.
Education And Economic Independence
SPEAKER_00The education of the Negro is being expanded and improved in every way. The best men of both races, at the North as well as at the South, ought to rejoice to see growing up among the Southern people an influential element disposed to encourage the Negro in his hard struggle for industrial independence and assured political status.
Justice Without Regard To Race
SPEAKER_00The Republican platform adopted in Chicago explicitly demands justice for all men without regard to race or color, and just as explicitly declares for the enforcement and without reservation in letter and series of the 13th, 14th, and 15th amendments to the Constitution.
Enforcing Amendments As Fair Play
SPEAKER_00It is needless to say that I stand with my party squarely on that flank in the platform and believe that equal justice to all men and the fair and impartial enforcement of these amendments is in keeping with the real American spirit of fair play.
