Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. George C. Scott's delivery in "Patton" was pretty good, but it apparently paled in comparison to Patton's real pre-battle speech. ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. King's "I Have a Dream" wasn't his only famous speech.Francis Miller/ Getty Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" ...

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Martin Luther King Jr. was unafraid of many things, including political backlash and being the face of a movement that incited violent racism and doing what had to be done to motivate people to rise ...

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, ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history, Nov.

Sojourner Truth, the African American abolitionist, women's rights advocate and social activist revered to this day for her presentation on racial inequalities, delivered her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" ...

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 ...

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Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Skowhegan is seen at the state Republican Convention in Portland in 1950. Chase Smith gained national attention in 1950 for denouncing the methods used by Republican ...

Stephen E. Lucas is Evjue-Bascom Professor in the Humanities and Professor of Communication Arts at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In 1999, he surveyed his peers to compile a list of the top 100 ...