| Description |
872 pages ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
Library of America ; 167 |
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Library of America ; 167.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Speech on Reconstruction / Abraham Lincoln -- Speech in Congress on Reconstruction / Thaddeus Stevens -- Speech at Meeting Commemorating Emancipation / Sojourner Truth -- Is It a Crime for a Citizen of the United States to Vote? / Susan B. Anthony -- Speech in Congress on the Civil Rights Bill / Robert Brown Elliott -- Speech in Congress on the Civil Rights Bill / Benjamin F. Butler -- Oration in Memory of Abraham Lincoln / Frederick Douglass -- Speech Nominating James G. Blaine / Robert G. Ingersoll -- Reply to General Howard / Chief Joseph -- Memorial Day Address / Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. -- Address at the Dedication of the Statue of Liberty / Grover Cleveland -- Solitude of Self / Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- Lynch Law in All Its Phases / Ida B. Wells -- Labor Day Address / John Peter Altgeld -- Address at the Atlanta Exposition / Booker T. Washington -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / William Jennings Bryan -- The Strenuous Life / Theodore Roosevelt -- The Policy of Imperialism / Carl Schurz -- The Man with the Muck-rake / Theodore Roosevelt -- What It Means to Be Colored in the Capital of the United States / Mary Church Terrell -- |
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The New Nationalism / Theodore Roosevelt -- Speech at Prayer Meeting / John Jay Chapman -- First Inaugural Address / Woodrow Wilson -- Address to Congress on War with Germany / Woodrow Wilson -- Speech in the Senate on Free Speech in Wartime / Robert M. La Follette, Sr. -- Address to Woman Suffrage Convention / Carrie Chapman Catt -- Speech to the Court / Eugene V. Debs -- Address to the Senate on the League of Nations / Woodrow Wilson -- Speech in the Senate on the League of Nations / Henry Cabot Lodge -- ''Rugged Individualism'' Speech / Herbert Hoover -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention (Chicago) ; Speech to the Commonwealth Club ; First Inaugural Address / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Every Man a King / Huey Long -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention (Philadelphia) ; Second Inaugural Address ; ''Arsenal of Democracy'' (Fireside Chat) ; Eighth Annual Address to the Congress ; Address to Congress on War with Japan / Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Speech to Third Army Troops / George S. Patton -- Address to the Allied Expeditionary Forces / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Statement on the Atomic Bomb / Harry S. Truman -- |
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Speech to Los Alamos Scientists / J. Robert Oppenheimer -- Speech at Harvard University / George C. Marshall -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Hubert H. Humphrey -- Speech on the Democratic National Convention / Harris S. Truman -- Declaration of Conscience / Margaret Chase Smith -- Nobel Prize Address / William Faulkner -- Address to Congress / Douglass MacArthur -- ''Checkers'' Speech / Richard M. Nixon -- Speech to the Montgomery Improvement Association / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Second Inaugural Address / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Speech to the Greater Houston Ministerial Association / John F. Kennedy -- Farewell address / Dwight D. Eisenhower -- Inaugural Address ; Address at American University ; Address to the Nation on Civil Rights ; Speech in the Rudolph Wilde Platz / John F. Kennedy -- Address at the March on Washington / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- |
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The Crisis in Woman's Identity / Betty Friedan -- The Ballot or the Bullet / Malcolm X -- Speech to the Republican National Convention / Barry Goldwater -- Speech on Behalf of Barry Goldwater / Ronald Reagan -- Speech in Sproul Plaza / Mario Savio -- Nobel Prize Address / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Address to Congress on Voting Rights ; Address at Howard University / Lyndon B. Johnson -- Address at the University of Cape Town / Robert F. Kennedy -- Speech on the Vietnam War ; Sermon at the National Cathedral ; Speech at Mason Temple / Martin Luther King, Jr. -- Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King / Robert F. Kennedy -- Statement to the House Judiciary Committee / Barbara Jordan -- Remarks on Leaving the White House / Richard M. Nixon -- Address to the Nation on Energy Policy / Jimmy Carter -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Edward M. Kennedy -- Address to Members of Parliament ; Address at Pointe-du-Hoc / Ronald Reagan -- Speech to the Democratic National Convention / Jesse Jackson -- Address to the Nation on the Challenger Disaster ; Speech at the Brandenburg Gate / Ronald Reagan -- Speech at Mason Temple ; Speech at Central High School / William J. Clinton -- Biographical notes -- Note on the texts -- Notes -- Index. |
| Subject |
United States -- Politics and government -- Sources.
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United States -- History -- Sources.
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American.
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Political oratory -- United States.
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| Added Title |
Political oratory from Abraham Lincoln to Bill Clinton |
| ISBN |
1931082987 |
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9781931082983 |
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