Throughout history, some of the most powerful moments in public speaking happened when leaders abandoned their carefully prepared scripts and spoke from the heart. These spontaneous moments often ...

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Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth Lou Gehrig is still one of the most famous and beloved athletes in MLB history, and when he gave this speech on July 4th, 1939, he ...

Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address is one of the most notable presidential addresses in history, but that doesn’t mean other U.S. presidents haven’t had their fair share of memorable speeches. The ...

Today the Steve Jobs Archive is commemorating the 20th anniversary of Jobs’ famous commencement address to the 2005 graduating class at Stanford University. A newly enhanced video version of the ...

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Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Former Presidential Materials Division Director for the National Archives Nancy Smith provides an introduction to the lesson. This lesson explores ...

Theodore Roosevelt campaigns for the presidency in 1904. Roosevelt was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for negotiating peace in the 1904-1905 war between Russia and Japan. (AP) An old Theodore ...

I was fortunate when I graduated from college because the guest speaker at our ceremony was none other than Maya Angelou. Even to this day I remember the warm, thoughtful cadence in her voice and the ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When the great critical race theory “debate” started a few years ago, ...