american speeches

Contains color photographs of U.S. President Barack Obama, his wife Michelle, and their daughters, drawn from throughout their first year in the White House, and includes quotations, as well as the texts of two speeches.

Presents twenty full or excerpted speeches, orations, testimonies, and other spoken works by Asian American activists, political figures, educators, and other men and women who have made significant contributions to the history and culture of the United States.

Presents twenty-one full or excerpted articles, memoirs, letters, essays, speeches, testimony and other notable works of Hispanic Americans, each with an explanation of events discussed in the text.

Presents a collection of Malcolm X's speeches, showing the development of his ideas and attitudes.

Explains the meaning and historical context of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, also providing biographical information about Dr. King and discussing the Civil Rights Movement.

A collection of speeches, or portions of speeches, made by Native Americans.

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.

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.

Excerpts from newsclips and other recordings featuring actual speeches by Martin Luther King.