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Famous Speeches

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/speeches.htm
Nice group of mainly political speeches including all the inaugural addresses of US Presidents.

Famous Speeches and Documents

http://www.uiowa.edu/~c030162/Common/Handouts/handouts.html
Presidential, State Department, and other speeches.

History Channel Speeches

http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive/speech_9.html
Audio versions of speeches in four categories: Politics & Government, Science & Technology, Arts, Entertainment & Culture, War & Diplomacy

Gifts of Speech

http://gos.sbc.edu/
Women’s Speeches from Around the World

Great American Speeches

http://www.pbs.org/greatspeeches/
80 years of political oratory arranged chronologically

Douglass Archives of American Public Address

http://douglassarchives.org/
Can be searches by speaker, title, chronologically, or by issue

Speech and Transcript Center

http://www.freepint.com/gary/speech.htm
Contemporary rhetoric in the news

American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
A database of 5000+ full text, audio and streaming video versions of public speeches, sermons, lectures, debates, etc.

The History Place: Great Speeches Collection

http://www.historyplace.com/speeches/previous.htm
Texts of several famous addresses

Online Audio Recordings: Historic Speeches

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/historicspeeches.html
Audio versions of some famous speeches, some with text also available

King Speeches

http://www.king-raleigh.org/history/speeches.htm
Three famous speeches by MLK (requires Real Player)

John F. Kennedy Library and Museum: Selected Speeches

http://www.cs.umb.edu/jfklibrary/speeches.htm
Speeches of John, Robert and Edward Kennedy

Mandela Speaks

http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mandela/
Selected speeches, statements, and writings of Nelson Mandela

American Top 100 Speeches

http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speeches.htm
Full text transcriptions

History and Politics: Out Loud

http://www.hpol.org/
A searchable archive of politically significant audio material

Online Audio and Video Recordings: UC Berkeley Lectures and Events

http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC/audiofiles.html
Interesting, far-ranging collection including material not easily available elsewhere

Voices of the Civil Rights Era

http://webcorp.com/civilrights/voices.htm
Audio clips of JFK, MLK and Malcolm X

Famous Speeches and Sermons

http://www.africanamericans.com/Speeches.htm
At the AfricanAmericans.com site

Digital History

http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/speeches/speeches.cfm?
These speeches are annotated

WikiQuote

http://wikiquote.org/wiki/List_of_speeches
A small group of interesting speeches from the WikiQuote Encyclopedia

 

 

 
 
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