SPCH 201H: Honors Public Speaking: Persuasive Techniques

African American Speeches. Offers background information, transcripts, and audio.

Includes an online speech bank with video, audio, and transcripts.

Chronicling America is a Website providing access to information about historic newspapers and select digitized newspaper pages, and is produced by the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).

Collection of great speaches

From the Miller Center at the University of Virginia, this site features texts of major speeches from every president. Also includes audio and video of more recent presidential speeches.

Welcome to So*Just, the ever-growing collection of historic speeches, songs, poetry, and manifestos on human rights and social justice.

This advertising blog discusses persuasive techniques and offers several great examples.

The World Digital Library (WDL) is a project of the U.S. Library of Congress, carried out with the support of the United Nations Educational, Cultural and Scientific Organization (UNESCO), and in cooperation with libraries, archives, museums, educational institutions, and international organizations from around the world.

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