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?" ...

President Abraham Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address, one of the most famous speeches in United States history, at the dedication of the Gettysburg National Cemetery on this day in history, Nov.

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The letter in Wichita shows an early draft that might have informed some of the civil rights leader's most famous speeches. Nestled in the archives of the Museum of World Treasures in Wichita, there’s ...

Throughout history, some of the most powerful moments in public speaking happened when leaders abandoned their carefully prepared scripts and spoke from the heart. These spontaneous moments often ...

Words are powerful, as is shown in these insightful, spine-tingling and, at times, revolution-inspiring speeches, spoken by great women throughout history, such as Maya Angelo and Emmeline Pankhurst, ...

As Emily Litella used to say, "Never mind." We've all done it, late at night, perhaps in the presence of people we want to impress: tapped our inner Socrates, talked ourselves up to the mountaintop, ...