Great American speeches
Subtitle: 80 years of political oratory.
Contributors: Payson, Parker.; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919.; La Follette, Robert M. 1855-1925.; Roosevelt, Franklin D. 1882-1945.; Coughlin, Charles E. 1891-1979.; Long, Huey Pierce, 1893-1935.; Talmadge, Eugene, 1884-1946.; Smith, Gerald L. K. 1898-; Patton, George S. 1885-1945.; Lewis, John Llewellyn, 1880-1969.; MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964.; Nixon, Richard M. 1913-; McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957.; Welch, Joseph N., 1890-1960.; Humphrey, Hubert H. 1911-1978.; Kennedy, John F. 1917-1963.; King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968.; X, Malcolm, 1925-1965.; Rockefeller, Nelson A. 1908-1979.; Goldwater, Barry M. 1909-; Reagan, Ronald.; Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968.; Jordan, Barbara, 1936-; Cuomo, Mario Matthew.; Jackson, Jesse, 1941-; Pieri & Spring Productions.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Publisher: Pieri & Spring Productions
Published: 2000
Place of publication: [United States]
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Speeches, addresses, etc., American.; United States -- Politics and government -- 20th century.
Other titles: 80 years of political oratory; Eighty years of political oratory
Description: Presents a comprehensive online collection of speech texts of contemporary American history. Includes the speeches and backgrounds of many of the most influential and poignant speakers of the recorded age. To help put each speaker in historical context, provides a brief timeline of historical events. Also includes the following sections: American history challenge; Wordsmith challenge; Pop-up trivia; Could you be a politician; Critics' corner; and Ideas for teachers.
Notes: Title from home page (viewed on July 9, 2003).
Site Producer: Parker Payson.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: value: Bull-Moose campaign, 1912 / Theodore Roosevelt; value: On responsible government, 1924 / Robert LaFollette, Sr.; value: 1st inaugural address, 1933 / Franklin D. Roosevelt; value: Roosevelt or ruin, 1933 ; Madison Square Garden rally, 1935 / Charles E. Coughlin; value: Universal newsreel broadcast, 1935 ; Share the wealth, 1935 / Huey Long; value: Speaks to Jeffersonian-Democrats, 1936 / Eugene Talmadge; value: The bug-grumping politicians, 1936 / Gerald L.K. Smith; value: Grilled millionaire, 1938 ; Declaration of war, 1941 ; Teamsters' Union banquet, 1944 / Franklin D. Roosevelt; value: Urges war support, 1945 / George S. Patton; value: The blood of our workers, 1947 / John L. Lewis; value: Old soldiers never die, 1951 / Douglas MacArthur; value: Checkers speech, 1952 / Richard Nixon; value: Attack on Fred Fisher, Army-McCarthy hearings, 1954 / Joseph McCarthy; value: Defense of Fred Fisher, Army-McCarthy hearings, 1954 / Joseph Welch; value: Ampex Kitchen debate, 1959 / Richard Nixon; value: Addresses farm workers, 1960 / Hubert Humphrey; value: Inaugural address, 1961 ; American University speech, 1963 ; Ich bin ein Berliner, 1963 / John F. Kennedy; value: When a man has already died, 1965 ; I have a dream, 1963 / Martin Luther King, Jr.; value: Easter speech in Harlem, 1964 / Malcolm X; value: Platform attack, 1964 / Nelson Rockefeller; value: Extremism is no vice, 1964 / Barry Goldwater; value: A time for choosing, 1964 / Ronald Reagan; value: On the death of Martin Luther King, 1968 / Robert F. Kennedy; value: Watergate statement, 1974 / Barbara Jordan; value: 1st inaugural address, 1981 / Ronald Reagan; value: Democratic National Convention speech, 1984 / Mario Cuomo; value: Political rally, Tendley Baptist Church, 1984 / Jesse Jackson.