Voices of Democracy publishes an online, refereed, blind-reviewed journal of original scholarship focusing on the study of U.S. oratory. These essays are also included in the Curriculum Units, along with an authenticated text of the speech and other teaching-learning materials. See Guidelines for Unit Preparation.
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Voices of Democracy Journal Volume 13
Abraham Lincoln, “Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln at Cooper Institute, New York City” (27 February 1860)
Lauren P. Hunter, University of Maryland
pp. 1-12
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “How Long? Not Long” (25 March 1965)
Richard Emanuel, Alabama State University
pp. 13-23
Barack Obama, “Remarks by the President at a Memorial Service for the Victims of the Shooting in Tucson, Arizona” (12 January 2011)
Bess Myers, University of Oregon
pp. 24-36