By 1994 Colin Powell, the son of a Jamaica-born Harlem merchant, had already served as National Security Adviser to President George Herbert Walker Bush and chair of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Persian Gulf War. He would become the first African American Secretary … Read More(1994) General Colin Powell Urges African American Students to Reject Racial Hatred
Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have A Dream” speech given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. at the March on Washington on August 28, 1963, remains his most memorable oration. The entire speech appears below. I am happy to join with … Read More(1963) Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream”
Texas Congresswoman Barbara Jordan was selected to give the Opening Statement to the House Judiciary Committee on July 25, 1974, as it began its momentous proceedings on the Impeachment of President Richard Nixon. Her statement appears below: Mr. Chairman, I join my colleague Mr. Rangel … Read More(1974) Congresswoman Barbara Jordan’s Statement: The Richard Nixon Impeachment Hearings
On April 4, 1967, exactly one year before his assassination, Dr. Martin Luther King gave his first major public address on the war in Vietnam at a meeting of Clergy and Laity Concerned at Riverside Church in New York City. In that address, he articulated … Read More(1967) Martin Luther King, Jr., “Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence”
