Speeches In History (CO1011)

Background Information
Books & Videos
Articles
Websites
Citations

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Reference area (first floor)

• African American Lives—920.0092 A 258

• American National Biography—920.073 AME

• Great Lives From History—920.041 GRE

• Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History : the Black experience in the Americas –973.0496 E56 v.1

• Speeches of the American Presidents--353.035 POD

 

Find Books & Films at the Landmark College Library

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Book stacks (second floor)

• Malcolm X talks to young people : speeches in the U.S., Britain, and Africa
  --X, Malcolm—320.54 XIM

• Speak for yourself : a practical guide to giving successful presentations, speeches and talks—Campbell, John—808.51 CAM

• A treasury of the world's great speeches, each speech prefaced with its dramatic and biographical setting and placed in its full historical perspective---Peterson, Houston—808.85 PET

• Notable speeches in contemporary presidential campaigns—Friedenberg, Robert—324.973 FRI

EBOOK    Access via WebCat

• Lift every voice: African American oratory,1787-1900--
  Foner, Philip Sheldon—

• The lost art of the great speech: how to write it, how to deliver it—Dowis, Richard—(Access via Net Library in Library Index)
  

 

Videos in our collection (second floor)

• The greatest speeches of all time. (DVD) – 815.5 G786 V1-3

• The power of speech (DVD) –302.2243 P887
  

 

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Databases

Encyclopedia Britannica Online

Database version.  Full length articles. 

 

Issues & Controversies in American History

Articles & primary sources from every era of american history. 

 

General OneFile

Scholarly articles from journals, magazines, and newspaper reports.

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• Search for an additional term in the yellow box on the left of the screen. 

 

Websites

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Citations

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