Speech
Hammon, Jupiter. "An Address to the Negroes in the State of New York." 24 Sept. 1786, New York, NY, USA.
Address to Democratic National Convention, 1988
Jackson, Jesse. Address in San Francisco. Democratic National Convention. 17 July 1984, San Francisco, CA, USA.
Solzhenitsyn, Alexander I. "A World Split Apart." Commencement cermony. 8 June 1978, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. "I Have a Dream." March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. 28 Aug. 1963, Lincoln Memorial, Washington, DC, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1861, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "First Inaugral Address, March 4, 1861." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.
Franklin, Benjamin. Response to a question by Mrs. Powel. Constitutional Convention. 18 Sept. 1787, Independence Hall, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Franklin, Benjamin. Quoted in "'A Republic if you can keep it': Elizabeth Willing Powwel, Benjamin Franklin, and the James McHenry Journal. Library of Congress. Posted 6 Jan. 2022, blogs.loc.gov/manuscripts.
1996 State of the Union Address
Clinton, Bill. "State of the Union Address." Joint session of the United States Congress. 23 Jan. 1996, United States Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Lost Speech." Anti-Nebraska Bloomington Convention, First Republican State Convention of Illinois. 29 May 1856, Major's Hall, Bloomington, IL, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Speech at Bloomington, Illinois, May 29, 1856." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1832-1858, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.
King, Martin Luther, Jr. “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” 3 Apr. 1968, Mason Temple, Memphis, TN, USA.
Truth, Sojourner. Speech in Ohio. Woman's convention. May 1851, Akron, Ohio, USA.
Truth, Sojourner. "Ain't I a Woman?" Great Speeches by African Americans, edited by James Daley. Dover Publications, 2006.
Douglass, Frederick. Speech in New York City. American and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society annual meeting. 11 May 1853, New York City, NY, USA.
Douglass, Frederick. "A Nation in the Midst of a Nation (1853)." The Speeches of Frederick Douglass, edited by John R. McKivigan, Julie Husband and Heather L. Kaufman. Yale University Press, 2018.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Annual Message to Congress." 1 Dec. 1862, US Congress, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Annual Message to Congress, December 1, 1862." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1865, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Second Inaugral Address, March 4, 1865." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 2018.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Cooper Institute, New York City." 27 Feb. 1860, New York City, NY, USA.
Lincoln, Abraham. "Address at Cooper Institute, New York City, February 27, 1860." Abraham Lincoln: Speeches and Writings 1859-1865, edited by Don E. Fehrenbacher. Library of America, 1989.
Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. Reelection campaign speech. 31 Oct. 1936, Madison Square Garden, New York City, NY, USA.
Douglass, Frederick. Speech in Washington, D.C. Civil Rights Mass Meeting. 22 Oct. 1883, Lincoln Hall, Washington, DC, USA.
Douglass, Frederick. "This Decision Has Humbled the Nation (1883)." The Speeches of Frederick Douglass, edited by John R. McKivigan, Julie Husband and Heather L. Kaufman. Yale University Press, 2018.
Obama, Barack. Remarks at campaign appearance. 13 July 2012, Roanoke, VA, USA.