Barack Obama

Transcript:  Barack Obama Inaugural Address 2009

2009: President Obama Inaugural Address

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2004: Barack Obama at the Democratic National Convention

Profile & Transcript: Barack Obama

Clarence Thomas

Profile & Transcript: Clarence Thomas

Jesse Jackson

Profile & Transcript: Jesse Jackson

Barbara Jordan

Profile & Transcript: Barbara Jordan

Shirley Chisholm

Profile & Transcript: Shirley Chisholm

Profile & Transcript: Martin Luther King, Jr.

Stokely Carmichael

Profile & Transcript: Stokely Carmichael

Say It Plain: Great African American Oratory

Not only was Malcolm X another extraordinary orator, who was well-respected in the African American community, but he also offered another viewpoint to the struggle for human rights. Without question he should have been included.

Missed Opportunity

How in the world can you compile a listing of great African American orators and omit Malcolm X?????

Blatant Omission

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1968: "I've Been to the Mountaintop"

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Say It Plain: A Century of Great African American Oratory

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1966: "Black Power" speech at UC-Berkeley

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1963: Civil Rights speech after Birmingham arrest

1939: "What Does American Democracy Mean to Me?"

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2001: "Be Not Afraid" American Enterprise Institute

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1988: "Keep Hope Alive" Democratic National Convention

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