Bloomsburg University
Public Speaking
James Tomlinson

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(NOTE: some of these are WAV files and Netscape may not play them)

I Have a Dream       Martin Luther King Jr.  (Short clip)

I Have a Dream       Martin Luther King Jr.  (Long version)

Ask Not.......             President John F. Kennedy

Only Thing to Fear..President Franklin Roosevelt

Farewell                   General Douglas MacArthur

One Small Step..     Neil Armstrong

Finest Hour.........      Winston Churchill

Battle of France       Winston Churchill

TOP TEN LIST         David Letterman (my favorite Top Ten List)

Casey at the Bat      Casey Stengle and Mickey Mantle 
                                   Stengle as manager of the New York Yankees,
                                   and Mantle, one of the greatest players of all time - 
                                   were asked to testify before Congress about anti-
                                   trust legislation - If you are a baseball fan, 
                                   you should listen to this !!! Casey was a man whose
                                   eloquence was matched only by Yogi Berra.

Eulogy for RFK         Edward Kennedy
                                    (moving tribute given at the funeral for 
                                     Robert F. Kennedy)

Race and Peace      MalcolmX

Feminism                   Gloria Stienem

Anti-Imperialism        William Jennings Bryan
                                    (reading a speech (in 1925) which he
                                     had originally presented in 1900)

ALSO - visit the following website - has a great intro which I cannot download for you here on this page - it gives you a good example of rhythm, pacing, and voice use for a short message - click the following go to:  http://www.kennedy2000.com

"American Leaders Speak - from World War I and the 1920 Election" 
     Library of Congress - National Sound Archive

Historic Sound Clips !!!   -  Includes:  Nixon, Joe McCarthy, Bush, 
Elizabeth Dole, Clinton, and even Hitler and Chamberlain.

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