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10 resources
Speech· 1964· Primary
"The Ballot or the Bullet"
Malcolm X
Malcolm X's 1964 case for Black self-determination.
Speech· 1963· Primary
"I Have a Dream"
Martin Luther King Jr.
King's address at the 1963 March on Washington.
Speech· Primary
Fannie Lou Hamer's 1964 DNC testimony
Fannie Lou Hamer
Hamer's televised account of being beaten for trying to register to vote.
Speech· Primary
"I Have a Dream" (1963, full text & audio)
Martin Luther King Jr.
King's address at the 1963 March on Washington.
Speech· Primary
"I've Been to the Mountaintop" (1968, full text)
Martin Luther King Jr.
King's final speech, delivered in Memphis the night before his death.
Speech· Primary
Marcus Garvey's Address to the Second UNIA Convention (1921)
Marcus Garvey
Garvey in his own words on Black pride and self-determination.
Speech· Primary
The "Atlanta Compromise" Address (1895, full text)
Booker T. Washington
The full text of Washington's pivotal 1895 speech.
Speech· Primary
"The Ballot or the Bullet" (1964, full transcript)
Malcolm X
Malcolm X's April 1964 speech on voting rights and self-determination.
Speech· Primary
What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July? (annotated text)
Frederick Douglass
Full annotated text of the speech for classroom use.
Speech· Primary
"What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?" — full text
Frederick Douglass
The complete text of Douglass's July 5, 1852 address, with historical context.