A collection of over 150 speeches reflecting a broad range of issues before the American public between 1937 and 1997, organized around sixteen interconnected themes, including civil rights, education, and war.
Presents the complete text of Franklin Roosevelt's first inaugural address in 1933 analyzing its content and effect on those who heard it and examines the campaign and Roosevelt's relationship with his staff and his wife.
In addition to being a contest of arms, the U.S. Revolutionary War was a battle of words from which came many important documents, such as the Declaration of Independence and "Common Sense" by Thomas Paine, portions of ten of which are presented here.
Presents speeches by various African American religious and political leaders from the days of slavery to the present, along with biographical information and historical background.
more than 200 years of extraordinary writing by African Americans
Hudson, Wade
2004
Presents excerpts from the speeches and writings of over thirty notable African-Americans from colonial times to the twenty-first century, and includes commentary about the time period in which each person lived, information about the speaker/writer, and notes on the public response to the words.
