After spending a significant portion of his life in prison for his anti-apartheid activism, on May 10, 1994, Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as South Africa’s first black democratically elected president. This video includes his entire inaugural address where he speaks of hope, liberty and joy. He talks about his desire … Continue reading
Pope John Paul II visits Catholic University’s campus in Washington D.C. and speaks about what things should be important in life in 1979.
President George W. Bush explains how great and peaceful Pope John Paul II was after he passed away on April 2, 2005.
President Kennedy speaks at Amherst College on October 26, 1963 to honor poet Robert Frost, who died on January 29, 1963. Continue reading
Author: Ben Nussbaum President Roosevelt delivered his first fireside chat on March 12, 1933. It addressed the banking crisis that Roosevelt encountered on first taking office. Due to the Depression, banks were running out of funds. Panicked account holders were withdrawing their money – making the banks’ problems worse. In … Continue reading
See the dedication speech Franklin D. Roosevelt gave at the official opening of the National Gallery of Art on March 17, 1941. Continue reading
The family of Dale Earnhardt, Sr., the NASCAR racer who died on the last lap of the Daytona 500 on February 18, 2001 pay tribute to him at his induction into the NASCAR Hall of Fame, class of 2010. Continue reading
John Hay, one of President Lincoln's private secretaries, described the scene as the presidential party arrives in Gettysburg. Continue reading
Martin Luther King Jr. discusses the current state of African American inequality in this rare audio of a speech he gave at the New School in New York, City on February 6, 1964. Continue reading
Civil rights activist Ruby Bridges shares her memories of King's lessons and remembers what it was like to be exposed to civil rights at a young age by being integrated into the New Orleans school system. Continue reading
