Representative American speeches, 2015-2016
By: [compiled by] H. W. Wilson, a division of EBSCO Information Services
Series: The reference shelf -- volume 88, number 6; Reference shelf -- v. 88, no. 6.
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781682170687
Subjects: Politics and government; Sources; Civil rights; World politics
Description: Contains Primary Sources.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: To the graduating class. :; title: Address by Vice President Joseph Biden on receiving the 2016 Laetare Medal at the University of Notre Dame  -- Joe Biden ;; title: Commencement address to the Howard University class of 2016  -- Barack Obama ;; title: In the future economy, "we will hire hearts"  -- Anne-Marie Slaughter ;; title: Remarks by the First Lady at the City College of New York commencement  -- Michelle Obama ;; title: Now, we are all founders  -- Leah Busque ; -- The; title: mistrust of science  -- Atul Gawande -- Campaign speeches :; title: Remarks by the First Lady at the Democratic National Convention  -- Michelle Obama ;; title: Former Attorney General addresses the 2016 Democratic National Convention  -- Eric Holder ;; title: Address by the Speaker of the House at the Republican National Convention  -- Paul Ryan ;; title: Remarks on building a new American future  -- Donald Trump ;; title: Speech at the Democratic Convention  -- Cory Booker ;; title: Address at the Republican National Convention  -- Peter Thiel ;; title: Super Tuesday speech  -- Bernie Sanders ;; title: America is once again at a moment of reckoning  -- Hillary Clinton ;; title: Donald Trump's acceptance speech  -- Donald Trump -- Civil rights and social justice :; title: Remarks at a press conference announcing a complaint against the state of North Carolina to stop discrimination against transgender individuals  -- Loretta Lynch ;; title: Race at the BET Awards  -- Jesse Williams ;; title: Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms  -- Ivan Coyote ; -- The; title: law enforcement profession and historical injustices  -- Terrence M. Cunningham ;; title: Gun violence and racial turmoil  -- LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade ;; title: Statement on legislation that protects the privacy of North Carolina citizens  -- Pat McCrory -- The year in review :; title: Statement on the Clinton e-mail investigation  -- James Comey ;; title: Speech at Our Ocean Conference  -- Leonardo DiCaprio ;; title: Remarks after briefing on the attack in Orlando, Florida  -- Barack Obama ;; title: Love is love  -- Lin-Manuel Miranda ;; title: "I'll continue to sit"  -- Colin Kaepernick ;; title: Countering false narratives  -- Peter Salovey ;; title: Remarks by the First Lady at a "Hillary for America" event in New Hampshire  -- Michelle Obama -- A global perspective :; title: Remarks on the Paris Agreement  -- Barack Obama ;; title: "World 'must not let fears get the better of us'"  -- Angelina Jolie ;; title: Remarks at the Aspen Ideas Festival  -- John Kerry ;; title: Keynote speech at World Humanitarian Day  -- Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie ;; title: Opening speech at the Rio Olympics  -- Thomas Bach ;; title: Speech after "Brexit" vote -- David Cameron.