Some common search terms: • political speeches/address • commencement speeches/address • historical speeches/address • social movement speeches/address • moving speeches
Samples of Past DEC Titles • “Commencement Address to Tulane University” by Ellen DeGeneres • “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. • “Farewell to Baseball” by Louis Gehring • “Adopting the Declaration of Human Rights” by Eleanor Roosevelt • “Commencement Address to University of Michigan” by Dick Costolo • “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July” by Frederick Douglass • “Quit India” by Mahatma Gandhi • “Give me Liberty or Give me Death” by Patrick Henry • “The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln • “Commencement Address to University of Virginia” by Stephen Colbert
Here is a list of websites that others have found useful for finding pieces. Some of them are free and others require you to pay for their services. Let me know if you find new sites to add!
