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Voices of Democracy Journal Volume 14
Warren G. Harding, “Address of the President of the United States at the Celebration of the Semicentennial of the Founding of the City of Birmingham, Alabama” (26 October 1921)
Trevor Parry-Giles, University of Maryland and the National Communication Association
William H. Lawson, California State University, East Bay
pp. 1-17
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick, “Shall the Fundamentalists Win?” (21 May 1922)
Eric C. Miller, Bloomberg University of Pennsylvania
pp. 18-31
Robert H. Jackson, “Opening Statement at the International Military Tribunal” (21 November 1945)
Theresa A. Donofrio, Coe College
pp. 32-58