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Malcolm X: God's Judgement of White America (The Chickens Come Home to Roost)
December 4, 1963 (over 60 years ago)"God's Judgement of White America" was also known as "The Chickens Come Home to Roost", this was due to Malcolm x's answer to a question following the speech. In this speech, Malcolm X gives a dire warning of doom to White America. He identifies the two White political entities and defines their ...
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Malcolm X: Message to the Grass Roots
November 10, 1963 (over 60 years ago)"Message to the Grass Roots" is an urgent call to action. Malcom X speaks here more as a leader of the Black masses than a Muslim minister. He proclaimed the difference between the Black Revolution and the Negro Revolution and he showed how the House Negro and the Field Negro appears in current s...
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Malcolm X: Letter to Betty from Mecca
April 20, 1964 (about 60 years ago)In this letter, Malcolm X reaffirms the great changes in his life brought about by his pilgrimage to Mecca. His experiences have given him new insight to true brotherhood as brought about by Islam.
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Malcolm X: Letter from Mecca
April 20, 1964 (about 60 years ago)In this letter, Malcolm X describes his pilgrimage to Mecca and how it has affected him greatly. He describes a sense of true brotherhood by virtue of Islam and thus expresses hope that all is not lost for White America.
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Why I am Opposed to the War in Vietnam
April 30, 1967 (almost 57 years ago)Martin Luther King expresses deep concern for the American people and the government with its use of aggression and violence in resolving conflicts. His love for the America, its people and the people that God entrusted us to love, made King speak of his disappointment in the US government upon w...
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Martin Luther King Jr.: Eulogy for the Martyred Children (Eulogy for the Young Victims)
September 18, 1963 (over 60 years ago)Martin Luther King delivers a eulogy in memory of the four girls who died from the bombing of 16th Street Baptist Church.
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Rodney King: Rodney King Speaks
May 1, 1992 (almost 32 years ago)Rodney King speaks to the public for the first time after the acquittal of police involved in his traffic stop beating through Los Angeles into multi-day riots. He appeals to citizens to stop the violence and work out their differences peacefully.
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Susan B. Anthony: On Women's Right to Vote
March 24, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Susan B. Anthony was a champion of Women's rights and advocacy for women's right to vote. She petitioned the government for years, ultimately passing away before the amendment granting the right to vote to women was passed. She gave the following speech in 1873 after being levied with a fee of ...
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Bill Clinton: Address on Affirmative Action
July 19, 1995 (almost 29 years ago)Affirmative Action is given credit by President Clinton for having helped the American Nation by decreasing inequality among men and women, white and colored, young and old.
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Lyndon B. Johnson: Remarks at Gettysburg on Civil Rights
May 30, 1963 (almost 61 years ago)President Johnson calls upon the people of the United States to make the Emancipation Proclamation a reality - not only in words but in fact and action; that all men are created equal and will be treated as such.
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