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Words That Changed Nations. Famous Speeches from the US, UK & Canada

From the powerful words of Martin Luther King Jr., Winston Churchill, and Pierre Trudeau, to rallying calls during war, civil rights movements, and national turning points, these speeches have echoed ...
Democracy Now

“What to the Slave Is the 4th of July?”: James Earl Jones Reads Frederick Douglass’s Historic Speech

We begin our July Fourth special broadcast with the words of Frederick Douglass. Born into slavery around 1818, Douglass became a key leader of the abolitionist movement. On July 5, 1852, in Rochester ...
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Mass Appeal Public reading of Frederick Douglass famous speech

Mass Appeal Public reading of Frederick Douglass famous speech Mass Appeal (Mass Appeal) - Join the Greater Holyoke Council For Human Understanding to celebrate the legacy of Frederick Douglass with a ...
The Roanoke Times

Long: Why Patrick Henry's famous speech still matters

250 years ago this month, one of the most influential speeches in American history was delivered right here in Virginia. It was Patrick Henry’s spirited “Give Me Liberty or Give me Death” oration. Let ...
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75 years later, a look back at Lou Gehrig's farewell address

Fri, 04 Jul 2014 20:44:57 GMT — On this day, July 4th, in 1939, New York Yankee Lou Gehrig delivered his famous farwell speech at Yankee Stadium. Other than his speech, Gehrig is best known for his ...
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Public reading of Frederick Douglass famous speech

(Mass Appeal) – Join the Greater Holyoke Council For Human Understanding to celebrate the legacy of Frederick Douglass with a community reading of one of his most famous speeches. Here is Gina Nelson ...