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Make it Plain the dark gods Thanks to the miracle ofBlack Americans have always relied on the oral tradition storytelling, preaching, and speechmaking to assert their rights and preserve and pass on their history and culture. In the pulpit, courtroom, or cotton field, they have understood the power of words, distinctively delivered, to educate and inspire. Vernon E. Jordan, Jr., one of the nation's finest speakers, imbibed this tradition as a young man and has given it his own unique inflection from