HOW TO FIND INFORMATION ON

SPEECHES

ONLINE RESOURCES

• African American Speeches

• American Leaders Speak: Recordings from World War I and the 1920 Election

• American Rhetoric: Online Speech Bank

• Chambers Classic Speeches - Enter SCCC user id and password to access off-campus

• Famous Speeches (InfoUSA)

• Queen Elizabeth I of England: Selected Writings and Speeches

• Speeches and Speechmakers

• Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

• Women's Speeches from Around the World
• YouTube - search a specific person, such as Martin Luther King, Jr.

BOOKS

A selection of of titles in Begley Library includes:

General

• Great American Speeches
• The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Speeches
• A Treasury of the World's Great Speeches
• Words that Shook the World: 100 Years of Unforgettable Speeches and Events

African American Speakers

• Malcolm X
• Martin Luther King, Jr. see Words that Shook the World
• Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence: 1818-1913
• A Private Woman in Public Spaces: Barbara Jordan's Speeches on Ethics, Public Religion, and Law
• Say it Plain: a Century of Great African American Speeches

Civil Rights Movement

• Rhetoric of Black Revolution
• Ripples of Hope: Great American Civil Rights Speeches

Native American Speakers

• I Have Spoken: American History Through the Voices of the Indians
• Indian Oratory: Famous Speeches by Noted Indian Chieftains

Women Speakers

• A Private Woman in Public Spaces: Barbara Jordan's Speeches on Ethics, Public Religion and Law
• From Megaphones to Microphones: Speeches of American Women, 1920-1960

Find more books on speeches in Begley Library's online catalog.

MEDIA

Phonodisc

•  John F. Kennedy: a Self-Portrait
• General Douglas MacArthur's Address Before Congress, April 19, 1951
• I Can Hear it Now (Edward R. Murrow)

Video

• Great Moments from Great Speeches
• Great Speeches, the Presidents
• Speeches of Abraham Lincoln
• The Speeches of Martin Luther King