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| x I Have a Dream |
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Martin Luther King, Jr. |
"I Have a Dream" is the popular name given to the public speech by Martin Luther King, Jr., in which he called for racial equality and an end to discrimination. King's delivery of the speech on August 28, 1963, from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial...
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| x Inaugural address of John F. Kennedy |
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John F. Kennedy |
U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivered his first and only inaugural address at 12:51 (ET) Friday, January 20, 1961, immediately after taking the presidential oath of office administered by Chief Justice Earl Warren.
John Kennedy was nominated as...
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| x Lincoln's second inaugural address |
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Abraham Lincoln |
Abraham Lincoln delivered his second inaugural address on March 4, 1865, during his inauguration at the start of his second term as President of the United States. At a time when victory over the secessionists in the American Civil War was within...
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| x Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States |
Inaugural Addresses of the Presidents of the United States are given each time that a President is inaugurated. 55 addresses have been given by 37 presidents. George Washington's second address was the shortest (135 words) and William Henry Harrison...
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| x 1976 Democratic National Convention |
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Barbara Jordan |
The 1976 National Convention of the U.S. Democratic Party met at Madison Square Garden in New York City, from July 12 to July 15, 1976. The convention nominated Jimmy Carter of Georgia for President and Walter Mondale of Minnesota for Vice-President...
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| x Franklin Roosevelt's First Inaugural Address | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
This was the "Nothing to fear but fear itself" speech that ushered FDR into his presidency in the midst of a national depression.
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| x Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Franklin Roosevelt addressed the congress to declare a state of war against Japan. The "Day that will live in infamy" speech.
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| x Fireside chats |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt |
The fireside chats were a series of thirty evening radio speeches given by United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt between 1933 and 1944.
According to Roosevelt’s principal speechwriter Judge Clinton Sorrel, he first used "fireside chats" in...
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| x Four Freedoms Speech | Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Franklin Roosevelt's State
of the Union Address, delivered to the 77th United States Congress on January 6, 1941, in which he outlined the principles of the Four Freedoms. |
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