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Representative American speeches, 2015-2016 [electronic resource]
Contributor
Biden, Joseph R., Jr.
ImprintAmenia, NY : Grey House Publishing, 2016.
Description1 online resource (xiii, 186 pages) : illustrations.
Note:1. TO THE GRADUATING CLASS. Address by Vice President Joseph Biden on receiving the 2016 Laetare Medal at the University of Notre Dame / Joe Biden -- Commencement address to the Howard University class of 2016 / Barack Obama -- In the future economy, "we will hire hearts" / Anne-Marie Slaughter -- Remarks by the First Lady at the City College of New York commencement / Michelle Obama -- Now, we are all founders / Leah Busque -- The mistrust of science / Atul Gawande -- 2. CAMPAIGN SPEECHES. Remarks by the First Lady at the Democratic National Convention / Michelle Obama -- Former Attorney General addresses the 2016 Democratic National Convention / Eric Holder -- Address by the Speaker of the House at the Republican National Convention / Paul Ryan -- Remarks on building a new American future / Donald Trump -- Speech at the Democratic Convention / Cory Booker -- Address at the Republican National Convention / Peter Thiel -- Super Tuesday speech / Bernie Sanders -- America is once again at a moment of reckoning / Hillary Clinton -- Donald Trump's acceptance speech / Donald Trump -- 3. CIVIL RIGHTS AND SOCIAL JUSTICE. Remarks at a press conference announcing a complaint against the state of North Carolina to stop discrimination against transgender individuals / Loretta Lynch -- Race at the BET Awards / Jesse Williams -- Why we need gender-neutral bathrooms / Ivan Coyote -- The law enforcement profession and historical injustices / Terrence M. Cunningham -- Gun violence and racial turmoil / LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Chris Paul and Dwyane Wade -- Statement on legislation that protects the privacy of North Carolina citizens / Pat McCrory -- 4. THE YEAR IN REVIEW. Statement on the Clinton e-mail investigation / James Comey -- Speech at Our Ocean Conference / Leonardo DiCaprio -- Remarks after briefing on the attack in Orlando, Florida / Barack Obama -- Love is love / Lin-Manual Miranda -- "I'll continue to sit" / Colin Kaepernick -- Countering false narratives / Peter Salovey -- Remarks by the First Lady at a "Hillary for America" event in New Hampshire / Michelle Obama -- 5. A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE. Remarks on the Paris Agreement / Barack Obama -- "World 'must not let fears get the better of us'" / Angelina Jolie -- Remarks at the Aspen Ideas Festival / John Kerry -- Keynote speech at World Humanitarian Day / Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie -- Opening speech at the Rio Olympics / Thomas Bach -- Speech after "Brexit" vote / David Cameron.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references.
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Biden, Joseph R., Jr. | Obama, Barack. | Slaughter, Anne, 1934- | Obama, Michelle, 1964- | Busque, Leah. | Gawande, Atul. | Holder, Eric H., 1951- | Ryan, Paul. | Trump, Donald, 1946- | Booker, Cory. | Thiel, Peter, 1967- | Sanders, Bernard. | Clinton, Hillary Rodham. | Lynch, Loretta, 1959- | Williams, Jesse, 1981- | Coyote, Ivan, 1969- | Cunningham, Terrence M. | James, LeBron. | McCrory, Pat, 1956- | Comey, James B., Jr., 1960- | DiCaprio, Leonardo. | Miranda, Lin-Manuel, 1980- | Kaepernick, Colin, 1987- | Salovey, Peter. | Jolie, Angelina, 1975- | Kerry, John, 1943- | Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi, 1977- | Bach, Thomas. | Cameron, David. | H.W. Wilson Company. |
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Speeches, addresses, etc., American -- 21st century. | Civil rights -- United States -- Sources. | World politics -- 21st century -- Sources. | United States -- Politics and government -- 2009-2017 -- Sources. |
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Primary sources. | Speeches. | |