speeches, addresses, etc., american

Presents a collection of speeches, addresses, and letters written by Abraham Lincoln including his message to a special session of Congress in July 1861, his First Inaugural Address in 1862, the Gettysburg Address, and blends history and biography of the sixteenth president.

Examines Abraham Lincoln's pre-presidential address at Cooper Union, New York, in February 1860, placing the speech in the context of the times and discussing how Lincoln used the speech to continue his debates with rival Democrat Stephen A. Douglas.

Presents the inaugural address given by John F. Kennedy on January 20, 1961, after he was elected as the thirty-fifth President of the United States, along with other addresses given by Kennedy during his presidency.

Analyzes Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address, given on March 4, 1865, discussing how the speech reflected Lincoln's views on slavery, race, and religion.

A chronicle, complete with maps, portraits, and other Civil War illustrations, detailing President Abraham Lincoln's historic Second Inaugural Address.

A collection of presidential inaugural addresses, from George Washington to George Bush, with an overview of each speech's historical context and impact on American history.

Collects the transcripts of Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of the Union Addresses for every year he was in office, from 1934 to 1945.

Collects fifteen essays by writers and thinkers such as Adam Mansbach, Connie Schultz, and William Julius Wilson, on the literary, political, social, and cultural importance of Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union" speech, which he delivered on March 18, 2008.

Presents speeches given by the twentieth-century's leading African-American cultural, spiritual, and political figures, which includes Booker T. Washington, Marcus Garvey, Dick Gregory, Thurgood Marshall, Shirley Chisholm, Martin Luther King Jr., and others.

A collection of essays, speeches, letters, and poems by and about the men and women who first founded America.