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Nazis'Aim is Slavery
2023-11-24Edouard Daladier, Premier of France, delivered this radio address to the people of France on January 29, 1940, after the Nazis had conquered Poland an...
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The Hypocrisy of American Slavery
2023-11-24Frederick Douglass (1817-1895) was the best known and most influential African American leader of the 1800s. He was born a slave in Maryland but manag...
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Abdicates the Throne
2023-11-24Edward VIII (1894-1972) became King of England after the death of his father, George V, on January 20, 1936. Nearly 42-years-old and a bachelor, Edwar...
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Remarks On Taking Office
2023-11-24Gerald R. Ford is sworn in as the 38th U.S. President.On August 8, 1974, President Richard M. Nixon announced his decision to resign the presidency ef...
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Pardoning Richard Nixon
2023-11-24President Ford announces the pardon on television.On September 8, 1974, one month after President Richard Nixon resigned the presidency amid the Water...
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A War That is Finished
2023-11-24This speech was given by President Ford amid the international turmoil surrounding the end of the Vietnam War in April 1975. On the very day the Presi...
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Sermon to the Birds
2023-11-24Saint Francis of Assisi (1182-1226) was born into a wealthy family at Assisi, Italy, the son of a cloth merchant. Francis received little formal educa...
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Against Nazi Euthanasia
2023-11-24This is an excerpt of the sermon by Catholic Cardinal Clemens von Galen, delivered on Sunday, August 3, 1941, in Münster Cathedral, in which he r...
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Encourages His Soldiers
2023-11-24Giuseppe Garibaldi (1807-1882) was an Italian patriot and military leader who helped free the Italians from foreign rule and unify the country. He was...
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On the Death of John Brown
2023-11-24John Brown of Kansas was a militant abolitionist who attempted to use force to free the slaves in the South. On the night of October 16, 1859, Brown a...