Speeches and readings for an undergraduate Contemporary American Public Address class taught many years ago. Archived/saved because people often link and refer to these documents.
Speeches
Bush, Barbara, Wellesley Commencement Address
Bush, George W., 2000 Victory Speech
Carmichael, Stokely, Black Power
Clinton, Bill, I Misled the People
Clinton, Bill, Columbine Speech
Clinton, Hillary, Women’s Rights are Human Rights
Dworkin, Andrea, Pornography Happens to Women
Fisher, Mary, The Whisper of AIDS
Gates, Bill, Washington2Washington Speech
Gore, Al, 2000 concession speech
Heston, Charlton, Winning the Culture Wars
Jenkins, Henry, Congressional Testimony on Media Violence
Jordan, Barbara, Keynote Address to the DNC
Kennedy, John F., Address to the Houston Ministerial Association
Long, Huey, Every Man a King
Malcolm X, The Ballot or the Bullet
Nixon, Richard, Checkers
Reagan, Ronald, Eulogy for the Challenger Seven
Thomas, Clarence, Speech before the National Bar Association
Varney, Matt, Columbine Student, A Simple Vision
Readings
Bitzer, Lloyd, The Rhetorical Situation. Philosophy and Rhetoric 1 (1968): 1-14 (PDF).
Brummett, Barry. 1991. Rhetorical Methods in Critical Studies (Ch. 3). In Dimensions of Popular Culture. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press.
Brummett, Barry. 1991. Varieties of Rhetorical Criticism (Ch. 4). In Dimensions of Popular Culture. Tuscaloosa, AL: University of Alabama Press.
Campbell, Karlyn Kohrs. 1982. Elements of Rhetorical Action. In The Rhetorical Act. Belmont, CA.
Campbell, Karlyn Kohrs. 1982. The Resources of Argument. In The Rhetorical Act.. Belmont, CA.
Campbell, Karlyn Kohrs. 1982. A Rhetorical Perspective. In The Rhetorical Act. Belmont, CA.
Carey, James W. 1988. Communication as Culture (Lecture Notes). Unwin Hymen.
Hart, Rod. 1990. The Functions of Rhetoric. In Modern Rhetorical Criticism. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman.
Hart, Rod. 1990. Guidelines for Rhetorical Criticism. In Modern Rhetorical Criticism. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman.
Hart, Rod. 1990. Narrative and Reasoning. In Modern Rhetorical Criticism. Glenview, IL: Scott Foresman.
Jamieson, Kathleen. 1988. Eloquence in an Electronic Age. NY: Oxford University Press.
Smith, Donald K. 1969. The Act and its Parts (Ch.2). In Man Speaking: A Rhetoric of Public Speech. NY: Dodd, Mead and Company.
Smith, Donald K. 1969. The Position of the Speaker (Ch. 3). In Man Speaking: A Rhetoric of Public Speech. NY: Dodd, Mead and Company.
Smith, Donald K. 1969. The Speaker’s Relation to Audience (Smith Ch 4). In Man Speaking: A Rhetoric of Public Speech. NY: Dodd, Mead and Company.
Smith, Donald K. 1969. The Question of Ethics (Ch. 8). In Man Speaking: A Rhetoric of Public Speech. NY: Dodd, Mead and Company.