History's Greatest Speeches - Volume VI

By Theodore Roosevelt & Booker T. Washington &
History's Greatest Speeches - Volume VI by Theodore Roosevelt & Booker T. Washington &  digital book - Fable

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The most profound and important speeches ever delivered are here collected in this anthology, featuring some of the most influential figures in world history. From ancient times to the American Revolution to as recently as this past century, Fort Raphael Publishing has collected some of the most important and iconic speeches of all time and presented them in this series.


Volume VI features such disparate historical characters as Cato the Elder opposing the repeal of the Oppian Law, Ernestine Rose, an early pioneer for women's rights, abolitionist John Brown's fiery speech at the conclusion of his trial for treason, Booker T. Washington speaking of the struggle of Black Americans to make economic and social advancements, Mary E. Church Terrell on the challenges of living as a Black woman in the nation's Capitol, Theodore Roosevelt's astonishing speech from a 1912 campaign stop, which he delivered moments after being shot by an assassin and the closing remarks from the Defendants in the Sacco and Vanzetti murder trials. 


This collection of powerful and moving speeches pays tribute to these great world leaders and individuals and specifically to the words they used to inspire millions.


This is the sixth volume of this series.

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About Theodore Roosevelt

On October 14, 1912, former President Theodore Roosevelt was waving to a crowd from his car as he arrived to give a campaign speech in Milwaukee, Wisconsin when a shot rang out. The bullet from Roosevelt's would-be assassin would pass through Roosevelt's overcoat, his eyeglass case and the manuscript for his speech before becoming lodged in Roosevelt's body. The shooter, John Schrank, was immediately apprehended and it was soon learned that he had been stalking Roosevelt across the country for weeks. Roosevelt's aides wanted to bring him to the hospital immediately, but Roosevelt insisted on going forward with his speech, though he abridged it somewhat at the urging of his campaign officials who attempted to interrupt him and get Roosevelt the medical attention he needed. While his third-party candidacy - he ran under the "Bull Moose Party" banner - would be unsuccessful that year in running against Woodrow Wilson, Roosevelt would win 27% of the vote, the most any third party candidate has ever received in a Presidential election.

Booker T. Washington

Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) was born into slavery and rose to become one of the most influential Black leaders of the late-19th and early 20th centuries. Washington was a great believer in education as a means of self-improvement and he co-founded the Tuskegee Institute in Alabama to educate young Black men and women and set them on a path towards entrepreneurship. Washington came into conflict with other Black leaders of his day - including W.E.B. Du Bois - who were pushing for political activism and civil rights to advance their cause, while Washington looked to economic and educational advancement as the solution. Washington's approach to lifting Black Americans out of poverty was crystallized in the following speech, which he delivered on September 18th, 1895.

John Brown

John Brown (1800-1859) was a staunch abolitionist who came to believe that violence and coercion was the only way to stop the scourge of slavery in the United States. Fiercely religious and believing himself to be the instrument of God sent to earth to personally abolish slavery, Brown led a life of activism and violent resistance, finally deciding that the best way to set off a slave liberation movement would be to capture the Federal armory at Harper's Ferry, Virginia, arm the slaves and then lead a violent rebellion that would sweep through the southern states. During the raid, in October of 1859, five men were killed and many more injured, but Brown and his forces did indeed take over the armory. Very few slaves joined his revolt, however, and the armory was soon retaken by the local militia and US Marines, the latter led by Robert E. Lee himself. Brown was tried immediately, found guilty and hanged in December of 1859, the first person to be executed for treason in the United States. John Brown delivered the following speech at the conclusion of his trial on November 2, 1859. He would be executed a month later and become a hero and martyr to the abolitionist cause.

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