Historical Speeches/Events

Martin Luther King Jr. ‘I Have a Dream Speech’ Read the transcript here.

On 9/11/01, 343 members of the FDNY perished while trying to rescue people trapped in the WTC. Scott Pelley speaks with firefighters who were there that day and the loved ones of those who never made it home. Read the transcript here. 

After her Accession on 6 February 1952, The Queen broadcasted her first Christmas Message live on the radio from her study at Sandringham, Norfolk. Read the transcript here.

In 2014 Malala Yousafzai gave her Nobel Peace Prize lecture. Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani education activist and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. Read her full speech transcript here.

President Ronald Reagan gave a speech honoring Veterans Day on November 11, 1988. Read the transcript here.

President John F. Kennedy’s Moon speech on September 12, 1962 in Rice Stadium. This speech was intended to persuade the American people to support the Apollo program. It is also referred to as the “We choose to go to the Moon” speech or Address at Rice University on the Nation’s Space Effort.”

Speech by Fred Hampton, Deputy Chairman of the State of Illinois Black Panther Party on revolution and racism.

Harvey Milk’s “You cannot live on hope alone” speech on LGBTQ rights in 1978. Read the transcript of his speech here.

President Ronald Reagan’s Memorial Day speech at Arlington Cemetery on May 31, 1982. Read the transcript of the speech here.