Reading Materials
If you want to sign up to speak but you are not sure what to read, here are some suggestions.
Declaration of Independence
Constitution of the United States
MoveOn’s 50 Ways to Love Your Country
JFK's inaugural speech
FDR speech
Eleanor Roosevelt – Struggle for Human Rights
Obama 2004 Democratic Convention speech
Famous Supreme Court cases (e.g. Brown v. Board of Ed)
Script from Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
Thurgood Marshall speech
Federalist papers
The Supreme Court decision freeing the Amistad prisoners
Hillary Clinton – Women’s Rights are Human Rights
de Tocqueville
Frederick Douglass’ speech on the Dredd Scott decision
Lincoln Inaugural Addresses
Sojourner Truth’s “Ain’t I a Woman” speech
Gettysburg address
Cesar Chavez’s speech on the Lessons from MLK’s life
Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce describes his first visit to Washington, DC
Speeches by Martin Luther King
A funny poem
