- History and Politics Out Loud
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Searchable archive of historically important speeches and other audio materials.
www.hpol.org
- American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank
Find public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, and interviews in the American Rhetoric's Online Speech Bank. Search for famous speeches by author or topic, and find full-text, audio, and video recordings.
www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
- American Rhetoric: Top 100 American Speeches by Rank
Includes full MP3s and excerpts from many of America's most celebrated public speeches.
www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html
- I Have a Dream@
dir.yahoo.com/.../King__Martin_Luther__Jr___1929_1968_/I_Have_a_Dream
- Gifts of Speech: Women's Speeches From Around The World
Dedicated to preserving and creating access to speeches by contemporary influential women.
gos.sbc.edu
- Great Speeches from History
Online text of famous speeches throughout history, from Susan B. Anthony to Richard Nixon. Includes pictures and information about each speech and speaker. From The History Place.
www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm
- Patrick Henry: Give Me Liberty Or Give Me Death
Text of the speech for which the Patriot is best known.
libertyonline.hypermall.com/henry-liberty.html
- Gettysburg Address@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Lincoln__Abraham__1809_1865_/Gettysburg_Address
- TEDTalks
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Offering weekly audio and video of speakers from the annual TED Conference.
www.ted.com/tedtalks
- History Channel: Speeches
An archive of famous speeches, including text, audio, and video clips. Browse speeches by title and topic, and save your favorites to a personal playlist. From the History Channel.
www.historychannel.com/speeches
- Wikipedia: List of Speeches
List of famous speeches and orations from throughout history, from Pericles' Funeral Oration in 430 B.C. to New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin's 2006 "chocolate city" speech. From Wikipedia, a user-created encyclopedia.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_speeches
- Free Speech Movement Archives: Mario Savio
An excerpt of Savio's December 3, 1964 speech.
www.fsm-a.org/stacks/mario/mario_speech.html
- Letter To All The People - Chief Seattle
www.barefootsworld.net/seattle.html
- History Place: Edward VIII's Speech: Abdicating the Throne
Text of the famous speech wherein he announced his decision to leave the throne to marry American divorcee, Wallis Simpson.
www.historyplace.com/speeches/edward.htm
- MSU Vincent Voice Library Exhibit
Academic voice library housing utterances by over 50,000 persons from all walks of life.
www.lib.msu.edu/vincent
- John F. Kennedy Library: Selected Speeches
Texts and audio clips of speeches by John, Robert, and Edward Kennedy.
www.jfklibrary.org/Historical+Resources/Archives/Reference+Desk/Speeches/Sp...
- Say It Plain
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A century of great African American speeches. From American RadioWorks.
americanradioworks.publicradio.org/features/sayitplain/index.html
- Mario Cuomo's 1984 Keynote Address for the Democratic National Convention@
dir.yahoo.com/.../Cuomo__Mario/1984_Keynote_Address_for_the_Democratic_National_Convention
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