Speech Analysis Choices
Speaker
Speech
Location
Barack Obama
2004 Democratic National Convention
Keynote Address
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/con
vention2004/barackobama2004dnc.htm
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Declaration of War Against Japan
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of
_the_20th_Century
John F. Kennedy
The Cuban Missile Crisis
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of
_the_20th_Century
King Edward VIII
Abdication Address
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of
_the_20th_Century
Lyndon B. Johnson
On Signing of the Civil Rights Bill
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of
_the_20th_Century
M​
alala Yousafzai
Nobel Lecture
http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.p
hp?id=2424&view=2
Martin Luther King, Jr.
“I’ve Been to the Mountaintop”
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlk
ivebeentothemountaintop.htm
Mother Teresa
Acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize
http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.p
hp?id=1852
Nelson Mandela
I Am Prepared to Die
http://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2013
/dec/05/nelson-mandela-1964-speech-audio
Oprah Winfrey
Eulogy for Rosa Parks
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/opr
ahwinfreyonrosaparks.htm
Richard M. Nixon
The End of the Vietnam War
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of
_the_20th_Century
Richard M. Nixon
Resignation Address
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of
_the_20th_Century
Robert F. Kennedy
Presidential Campaign Address
(announcing the death of MLK, Jr.)
https://archive.org/details/Greatest_Speeches_of
_the_20th_Century
Ronald Reagan
Remarks at Bergen-Belsen Concentration
Camp
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ron
aldreaganbergen-belsen.htm
Ronald Reagan
The Space Shuttle ​
Challenger​
Tragedy
Address
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ron
aldreaganchallenger.htm
Steve Jobs
Commencement Address at Stanford
University
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/ste
vejobsstanfordcommencement.htm
Hall of Fame induction speeches may be used, but need approved by Mrs. Berger.
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