Maybe it's just that our appreciation of medical staff (and all other essential workers) is super high at this point in time, but we find Haleh's unwavering willingness to stand by her co-workers ...

One year after Joe Biden’s inauguration, Amanda Gorman recounted how she almost didn’t read her luminous poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the ceremony that day, how she overcame fear—of failure, Covid, ...

After Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery at the age of 20, he became one of the most famous Black men in the country. His fame also grew around his writing, words and speeches that he gave in a ...

A circa 1879 portrait of American abolitionist Frederick Douglass. Staff Writer Premiering on HBO and HBO Max on Feb. 23, a new documentary Frederick Douglass in Five Speeches looks at the life of the ...

Editor's Note: This story was orignially published on npr.org on Feb. 7, 2024. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, is so ...

State of the Union speeches are filled with forgettable policy details. But on rare occasions they produce memorable moments that help define an entire presidency, such as George W. Bush's reference ...

Jelly Roll dropped a lot of wisdom in his acceptance speech for New Artist of the Year back in 2023. And it wasn’t just for his audience of fellow musicians. He reminded viewers about the importance ...

GREENVILLE, N.C. (Stacker.com) – Activists, athletes, actors, and preachers with sometimes-fiery presentation skills are just a few of the people who’ve communicated the message of civil rights to the ...

A long-standing tradition at The Linsly School is hitting a major milestone this year as the school’s annual declamation ...

Protesters disrupt Memorial Day ceremonies in the northern Druze village of Isfiya and in Tel Aviv, interrupting speeches by ...