Speech Time Frame: 1951-2000
(1970) Huey P. Newton, “The Women’s Liberation and Gay Liberation Movements”
On August 15, 1970, Huey P. Newton, the co-founder of the Black Panther Party, gave a speech in New York...
(1983) Glenn Loury, “Responsibility and Race”
Glenn C. Loury delivered this presentation at Hillsdale College on November 7, 1982, as part of a Center for Constructive Alternatives...
(1998) Anne Wortham, “Martin Luther King’s Flawed Dream”
In the speech below conservative critic Anne Wortham challenges the central theme of universal brotherhood as promoted in Dr. Martin...
(1993) Clarence Thomas, “The New Intolerance – Law Day Address”
Thank you all so much. Thank you, Judge Bell for your kind words, and I also thank you for all...
(1980) Thomas Sowell, “Politics and Opportunity: Background”
“Image Ownership: Public Domain” In December 1980, shortly after former California Governor Ronald Reagan was elected President of the...
(1987) Clarence Thomas, “Why Black Americans Should Look to Conservative Politics”
In the speech below to the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, on August 1, 1987, Clarence Thomas, then Chair...
(1998) Clarence Thomas, “Speech to the National Bar Association”
On July 28, 1998, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas gave the keynote speech at the National Bar Association, the...
(1987) Thurgood Marshall, “A Colorblind Society Remains an Aspiration”
On August 15, 1987 U.S. Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall spoke to a gathering of federal judges. Reflecting on his...
(1964) Joseph Jackson, “The Vote is the Only Effective Weapon in the Civil Rights Struggle”
Rev. Joseph Jackson, long time pastor of Olivet Baptist Church in Chicago, Illinois, and President of the National Baptist Convention...
