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Speeches and conversations that shaped American civic life. Click any video to play it here.

President John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address

Delivered at the U.S. Capitol on January 20, 1961 — the speech that called a new generation to “ask what you can do for your country.”

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What Do We Mean by "Democracy"? | Johnny Harris

A documentary walking through six ideas of democracy — electoral, liberal, egalitarian, participatory and deliberative — and how they fit together. Shared for educational purposes.

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We Love Americans — But Not Their Leaders | New LEGO Video from IRAN

A Lego-style CGI animated political anthem told from an Iranian perspective, addressed directly to the American people.

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Eloquent Civil Rights Leaders Dialogue On TV in 1963 A Powerful Moment

James Farmer, James Forman, Whitney Young, Martin Luther King Jr. and Roy Wilkins in the spring of 1963, as they planned the March on Washington.

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Bobby Kennedy's Speech for Humanity

Robert F. Kennedy's Day of Affirmation speech at the University of Cape Town, June 6, 1966.

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2009 Nobel Peace Prize Lecture by Barack Obama

Barack H. Obama delivers his Nobel Peace Prize Lecture at Oslo City Hall, 10 December 2009.

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Martin Luther King Jr. Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech

Delivered in the auditorium of the University of Oslo on 10 December 1964.

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A 28-year-old Steve Jobs gives a talk at the 1983 International Design Conference in Aspen

Prescient predictions about the future of personal computers, and a call to make them beautiful as well as functional.

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One of the Greatest Speeches Ever | Steve Jobs

An inspirational speech from Steve Jobs.

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Kennedy's Greatest Speech: A Tiny Ripple of Hope

A short visual documentary on Robert F. Kennedy's 1966 speech to the National Union of South African Students.

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