Debating the civil rights movement, 1945-1968 / by Lawson, Steven F., 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Kennedy's Radio and Television Report to the American People on Civil Rights (June 11, 1963)…”

Representative American speeches, 2014-2015 /

Table of Contents: “…Four representatives of the American people /…”
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American political speeches /

Table of Contents: “…Address to a joint session of Congress and the American people /…”
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The papers of Adlai E. Stevenson. by Stevenson, Adlai E. 1900-1965

Table of Contents: “…"Let's talk sense to the American people," 1952-1955.--v. 5. Visit to Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, March-August 1953.…”

The creation of the Constitution : opposing viewpoints /

Table of Contents: “…America under the Articles of Confederation is in crisis / Benjamin Rush -- America under the Articles of Confederation is not in crisis / Melancton Smith -- The national government should be granted direct powers over the states / James Madison -- State governments should not be supplanted by the national government / "Z" -- Shays's Rebellion indicates the need for a new Constitution / George Washington -- The threat posed by Shays's Rebellion has been exaggerated / Thomas Jefferson -- A new national government should be established (The Virginia Plan) / Edmund Randolph -- The Convention lacks the authority to establish a new national government / Robert Yates and John Lansing -- The Articles of Confederation should be revised (The New Jersey Plan) / William Paterson -- Revising the Articles of Confederation will accomplish little / James Madison -- A new national government should emulate the British system / Alexander Hamilton -- The United States should create its own system of government / Charles Pinckney -- A republic must be small and uniform to survive / "Brutus" -- A viable republic can be large and diverse / James Madison -- Checks and balances can assure a republican form of government / James Madison -- Checks and balances cannot assure a republican form of government / Samuel Bryan -- The people are not adequately represented by Congress in the Constitution / Melancton Smith -- The people are adequately represented by Congress in the Constitution / Alexander Hamilton -- The Constitution should prohibit the slave trade / Pennsylvania Society for the Abolition of Slavery -- Continuing the slave trade was a necessary compromise / James Wilson -- The executive should be one person / Alexander Hamilton -- The executive should be a committee / George Mason --The Constitution may create a monarchy / "Cato" -- The Constitution does not create a monarchy / Tenche Coxe -- The Constitution should be accepted in a spirit of compromise / Benjamin Franklin -- Principles of liberty should not be compromised by accepting the Constitution / "Z" -- A list of objections to the Constitution / "An officer of the late Continental Army" -- A rebuttal to the objections to the Constitution / "Plain Truth" -- The Constitution benefits the elite / Amos Singletary -- The Constitution will benefit all the people / Jonathan Smith -- The Constitution should be ratified with suggested future amendments / Samuel Adams and the Massachusetts Ratifying Convention -- The proposed Constitution should not be ratified / Mercy Otis Warren -- A Bill of Rights is necessary for ratification / Patrick Henry -- A Bill of Rights is not necessary for ratification / Edmund Randolph -- The Constitution was created by the genius of the framers / Clinton Rossiter -- The Constitution was created by the genius of the American people / Alfred F. Young.…”

Richard Nixon : speeches, writings, documents / by Nixon, Richard M. 1913-1994

Table of Contents: “…Youth -- From RN : the memoirs of Richard Nixon (1978) -- Two letters (1923 and 1924) -- "Our privileges under the Constitution" (1929) -- From the Frank Gannon interviews (1983) -- Congress -- "The Hiss case--a lesson for the American people" (January 26, 1950) -- The "pink sheet" (1950) -- The "Checkers speech" (September 23, 1952) -- Vice president -- "When you go out to shoot rats" (March 13, 1954) -- The "kitchen debate" (July 24, 1959) -- Opening statement, the great debate : Kennedy v. …”
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To Obama : with love, joy, anger, and hope / by Laskas, Jeanne Marie, 1958-

"All boy built" : the Civilian Conservation Corps and the construction of the Virginia Kendall Reserve, 1933-1939 /

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The letters of General Richard S. Ewell : Stonewall's successor / by Ewell, Richard Stoddert, 1817-1872

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The Cold War (1945-1991) /

Table of Contents: “…Potsdam Agreement ; Stalin's Election Speech, 1946 ; Churchill's "Iron Curtain" Speech ; Truman Doctrine Speech ; Speech on the Marshall Plan ; "The Sources of Soviet Content" ; Inter-American Treaty of Reciprocal Assistance (Rio Treaty) ; Vyshinky's Speech to the UN General Assembly ; NATO Treaty ; Memorandum on Lifting the Soviet Blockade ; Dean Acheson on the "Loss" of China ; Atomic Explosion in the USSR ; International Control of Atomic Energy ; NSC 68: "United States Objectives and Programs for National Security" ; Report to the American People on Korea and US Policy in the Far East ; Statement by President Truman upon Signing the Mutual Security Act ; President Eisenhower: "The Chance for Peace" ; Mutual Defense Treaty between the United States and the Republic of Korea ; A "New Look" at National Defense Policy ; "Atoms for Peace" ; CIA Summary of the Overthrow of Premier Mossadeq of Iran ; Balkan Pact ; President Eisenhower to the President of the Council of Ministers of Vietnam ; Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty ; Baghdad Pact ; President Sukarno's Address at the Bandung Conference ; Warsaw Pact ; Khrushchev on the "Cult of Personality" and Its Consequences ; Senator John F. …”
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The Democratic Party : documents decoded / by Harris, Douglas B.

Table of Contents: “…," Woodrow Wilson campaign speech, 1912 ; "We hold very definite ideals," Woodrow Wilson's acceptance speech, Democratic National Convention, September 2, 1916 ; "Liberty under the law," Al Smith's Democratic Party acceptance speech, August 22, 1928 ; "I pledge you -- I pledge myself to a New Deal for the American people," Franklin D. Roosevelt's Democratic Party nomination speech, July 2, 1932 ; "The candidate discusses the national Democratic platform," Franklin Delano Roosevelt campaign radio address, July 30, 1932 ; "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself," Franklin Delano Roosevelt, First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1933 ; "Four freedoms" speech, Franklin Delano Roosevelt's State of the Union address, January 6, 1941 -- 3. …”

Encounters in the New World : a history in documents /

New world encounters /

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