Contains the text of the acceptance speech made by Toni Morrison on the occasion of her being awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters on November 6, 1996, in which she spoke of the pleasure, difficulties, and necessities of the reading/writing life.
Contains footage of a selection of significant speeches from four prominent twentieth-century Americans, including presidents John F. Kennedy, Gerald Ford, and Ronald Reagan, and civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr.
Collection of excerpted speeches delivered by African-American activists, educators, religious leaders, politicians, writers, and other key figures, speaking out on a variety of issues over the course of two centuries. Arranged alphabetically by speaker, includes biographical information and photographs.
Presents twenty-seven full or excerpted speeches, memoirs, poems, interviews, and other materials by and about Americans with roots in Lebanon, Syria, Palestine, Iraq, Egypt, and other Arab nations.
Reprints the inaugural speech of President John F. Kennedy in January 1961, and chronicles the events in his life leading up to his election as well as major events in history during his short administration.
Contains forty-seven notable political speeches from throughout the history of the United States, from Patrick Henry's 1775 address before the Virginia Convention, to Barack Obama's 2008 meditation on race.
