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List of resources for studying great speeches, as a lesson in speech writing, public speaking, and history. Also refer to format, vision, mission, politics, imagery, emotional appeal, Ron Kurtus, School for Champions. Copyright © Restrictions

Resources for Studying Speeches

by Ron Kurtus (revised 19 February 2006)

The following material consists of useful resources on famous speeches.

Websites

Great speeches

History Place's Great Speeches in History

Chicago Law's Great Speeches - Audios of speeches (Real Audio format)

Archive of American Oratory from Northwestern University

PBS's Great American Speeches - 80 Years of Political Oratory

History Channel Speech Archives - Excerpts and audio of famous speeches in recent history

Avalon Project of Yale University - Collection of inaugural addresses

Religious sermons

Higherpraise Sermon Outlines - Outlines of religious sermons

Sermon Central - 50,000 Christian sermons

Sermon links - Links to Christian sermon sites

Individuals

Abraham Lincoln

Biography of Abraham Lincoln - From the White House site

Mark Twain

Mark Twain's Speeches

Winston Churchill

Winston Churchill's Speeches

Churchill's "Never Give Up" Speech - Recording in RealAudio (you need the player to hear the speech)

Fidel Castro

Castro Speech Database - Embassy of Cuba and Univ. of Texas

Castro Internet Archive

Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project - Stanford University

The King Center - Information about Martin Luther King

Jesse Jackson

Jesse Jackson: 1984 Democratic National Convention Address - From American Rhetoric; includes MP3 audio of speech

Address before the Democratic National Convention - From The Pilgramage of Jesse Jackson: PBS Frontline

Speech: The Rainbow Coalition - From Info Please

Ronald Reagan

Forerunner International Campus Newspaper - Speech taken from edited version

Reagan Goes to Moscow - Explanation of historical event

Timeline of Ronald Reagan's Life

Barak Obama

Barack Obama's Senate site

Books

Speaking

Top-rated books on Famous Speeches

Top-rated books on Oratory and Rhetoric

1800s

Top-rated books on Abraham Lincoln

Top-rated books on Mark Twain

Top-rated books on Oliver Wendell Holmes

1940s

Top-rated books on Winston Churchill

1960s

Top-rated books on John F. Kennedy

Top-rated books on Fidel Castro

Top-rated books on Martin Luther King

1980s

Top-rated books on Ronald Reagan

Top-rated books on Jesse Jackson

1990s

Top-rated books on Bill Clinton

Top-rated books on William J. Bennett

2000s

Top-rated books on George W. Bush

Top-rated books on Barack Obama

Miscellaneous

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