Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. King's "I Have a Dream" wasn't his only famous speech.Francis Miller/ Getty Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" ...

I was fortunate when I graduated from college because the guest speaker at our ceremony was none other than Maya Angelou. Even to this day I remember the warm, thoughtful cadence in her voice and the ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. When the great critical race theory “debate” started a few years ago, ...

Sojourner Truth, the African American abolitionist, women's rights advocate and social activist revered to this day for her presentation on racial inequalities, delivered her famous "Ain't I a Woman?" ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky delivered a Winston Churchill-inspired speech in a historical address to the U.K. Parliament. "We will fight till the end, at sea, in the air. We will continue ...

I was there. It was the 1960s. It was one of the most exciting moments of my life. At the time I was a young Catholic priest passionately caught up in the historic changes taking place in the church ...

Martin Luther King Jr. was unafraid of many things, including political backlash and being the face of a movement that incited violent racism and doing what had to be done to motivate people to rise ...

Republican Margaret Chase Smith of Skowhegan is seen at the state Republican Convention in Portland in 1950. Chase Smith gained national attention in 1950 for denouncing the methods used by Republican ...

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