The Great Silent Majority: Compare and Contrast

The Great Silent Majority: Compare and Contrast

"Beyond Vietnam" by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. (1967)

Martin Luther King Jr. will always be remembered for his hugely (the word "huge" really doesn't do him justice) influential role in the American civil rights movement, but did you know that he was...

"Sit-In Address on the Steps of Sproul Hall" by Mario Savio (1964)

If Richard Nixon's 1969 speech was a call to the "great silent majority" to rise up and take a more active role in American politics, Mario Savio was the type of person that he wanted to sit down a...

Address to the General Assembly of the United Nations in New York by Che Guevara (1964)

Ho Chi Minh wasn't the only bearded revolutionary out there. Che Guevara can be counted alongside Minh and the other revolutionary figures that came to define the post-World War II world. Guevara g...

Proclamation of Independence of the Democratic Republic of Vietnam by Ho Chi Minh (1945)

Before becoming one of the United States' most formidable enemies, Ho Chi Minh (and the rest of Vietnam) wanted to be BFFs with America. In fact, when the country declared its independence to the w...

"The Great Society" Speech by Lyndon B. Johnson (1964)

Apparently, this was the era of the quotable presidential speech. So why not throw Lyndon B. Johnson's "The Great Society" speech into that mix as well? Actually, like Nixon's "The Great Silent Maj...