Eleven Jamestown High School students participated in the 2018 Optimist Oratorical Contest at the Winifred Crawford Dibert Boys & Girls Club. JHS sophomore, Karley Kennedy won first place in the girls ...

In the wake of the 2015 Charleston shooting, James West Davidson revisited the meaning of patriotic Fourth of July speeches and their purpose. The best, he argues, was given by Frederick Douglass on ...

Sen. Cory Booker walks toward reporters after delivering a record-setting 25-hour speech for the U.S. Senate at the Capitol on April 1, 2025, in Washington, D.C. Win McNamee/Getty Images Democratic ...

The Jordan High School Speech Team just came off their strongest weekend to date, winning the sectional meet, a feat that Amy Peters said is a first in her 12 years as the speech coach, and sending a ...

MACON, Ga. — Bibb County high school students gathered at the Elaine Lucas Senior Center Saturday morning to share speeches based on a Martin Luther King, Jr. quote. The quote says, "Our lives begin ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Booker’s speech detailed his concerns about President Donald Trump’s new executive ...