Famous Speeches

Welcome to Wyzant’s Audio History section! Here, you can listen to famous speeches
made by influential leaders of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. We’re offering
original audio tapes of how
JFK
dealt with the
Cuban Missile Crisis
. You can also hear Dr. Martin Luther King’s famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
Use these resources to bring history and politics alive! Listening to these historically
famous speeches out loud can be truly inspirational for both students and educators
alike. In addition to the original audio of the speeches, you will also find transcriptions
beneath the audio player, so that you can follow along as you hear some of the world’s
greatest speakers address political issues of the 1900s and 2000s.


Winston Churchill photo

Ronald Reagan Presidential photo

Malcolm X photo

Barack Obama photo

Martin Luther King, Jr. photo

Nelson Mandela photo

JFK photo

LBJ photo

FDR photo

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