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What were the top ten American political speeches of the 20th century?
1. "I Have a Dream" (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
2. Inaugural Address (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
3. First Inaugural Address (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
4. Pearl Harbor Address to the Nation (Franklin Delano Roosevelt)
5. 1976 Democratic National Convention Keynote Address (Barbara Jordan)
6. "Checkers" (Richard Milhous Nixon)
7. "The Ballot or the Bullet" (Malcolm X)
8. Shuttle "Challenger" Disaster Address (Ronald Wilson Reagan)
9. Houston Ministerial Association Speech (John Fitzgerald Kennedy)
10. "We Shall Overcome" (Lyndon Baines Johnson)
Source: americanrhetoric.com
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