LibGuides: Mass Media &amp; Strategic Communications: Public Speaking

Websites with Noteworthy Speeches

American Rhetoric
"Database of and index to 5000+ full text, audio and video versions of public speeches, sermons, legal proceedings, lectures, debates, interviews, other recorded media events, and a declaration or two."
Presidential Speeches
from the American Presidency Project
C-Span
Current and archived speeches
Commencement Speeches
from NPR
Great Speeches of the 20th Century
from The Guardian
History Channel Speech Archive
Great African American Speeches
from American Public Media
Speeches from World War I
from the Library of Congress
Speeches of Winston Churchill
from the International Churchill Society
Great Women's Speeches
10 Favorite Speeches Given by Women