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Lyndon B. Johnson: Remarks on Signing the Civil Rights Bill

Michael — Tue, 05 May 2009 05:52:21 +0000

On July 2nd, 1964, Lyndon B. Johnson addressed the people to deliver some remarks about the Civil Rights Act he was about to sign this day.

Malcolm X: The ballot or the bullet

Michael — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:29:53 +0000

Malcolm X’s speech delivered on April 3, 1964 in Cleveland, OH, was ranked 7 in the "Top 100 American speeches of the 20th century" published by University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas A & M University in 1999.

Transcript at AmericanRhetoric

Martin Luther King Jr: I’ve been to the Mountain Top

Michael — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 05:21:44 +0000

A few months ago I started this blog with the speech by Martin Luther King Jr as the first post. And at that time I saved this spoken gem especially for this moment: the 100th speech.

An audio version and transcript is available at American Rhetoric.

Martin Luther King, Jr: I have a dream

Michael — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:17:47 +0000

Is there any speech, that would be a better choice to start this collection of great speeches?

For those who never have heard it and those who like to hear it again.

AmericanRhetoric.com has the transcript and an audio recording of the speech.
LearningOutLoud.com provides documentaries and more of his speeches.