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Gideons International is an evangelical Christian association for men founded in 1899 in Janesville, Wisconsin, whose primary activity is distributing free copies of the Bible worldwide. It distributes complete Bibles or portions thereof in over 100 languages, most widely known in lodging rooms, in addition to medical facilities, schools ...
1964: "Bodies upon the gears" speech by American activist and a key member in the Berkeley Free Speech Movement, Mario Savio. 1965: The American Promise by U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson, urging the United States Congress to pass a voting rights act prohibiting discrimination in voting on account of race and color in wake of the Bloody Sunday.
Gideon (/ ˈ ɡ ɪ d i ə n /; Hebrew: גִּדְעוֹן, Modern: Gīdʿōn, Tiberian: Gīḏəʿōn) also named Jerubbaal [a] and Jerubbesheth, [b] [1] was a military leader, judge and prophet whose calling and victory over the Midianites are recounted in Judges 6–8 of the Book of Judges in both the Hebrew Bible and the Christian Bible.
The National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) is the largest interscholastic speech and debate organization serving middle school and high school students in the United States. [1] It was known as the National Forensic League from 1925 to 2014. [2] Many NSDA alumni have risen to the pinnacle of their respective fields, including the ...
"Liberty and Union, now and for ever, one and inseparable!", a famous excerpt from the "Second Reply to Hayne" speech given by Senator Daniel Webster during the Nullification Crisis. The full speech is generally regarded as the most eloquent ever delivered in Congress. The slogan itself would later become the state motto for North Dakota.
You may have heard famous quotes like Franklin D. Roosevelt's maxim "The only thing to fear is fear itself," or Calvin Coolidge's motivational saying, “Nothing in the world can take the place of ...
A member of the Proud Boys smokes a cigar through a face mask as he and other supporters wait outside of the Central Detention Facility in Washington D.C. for those who have been jailed for their ...
free speech advocate, civil rights activist, comedian Lola Hendricks: 1932 2013 United States: activist, local leader in Birmingham Movement: Miriam Makeba: 1932 2008 South Africa: singer, anti-apartheid activist Víctor Jara: 1932 1973 Chile: teacher, theater director, poet, singer-songwriter and Communist[2] political activist Andrew Young: 1932