Speeches Poems

What to the Slave is the Fourth of July – Frederick Douglass

The Decision to Go to the Moon – John F. Kennedy

Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech – William Faulkner

We Shall Fight on the Beaches – Winston Churchill

Chief Joseph’s Surrender Speech – Chief Joseph and the Nez Perce Tribe

Quite India – Mahatma Gandhi

Sermon on the Mount – Jesus Christ

Freedom or Death – Emmeline Nakhurst

Ain’t I a Woman – Sojourner Truth

Freedom From Fear – Aung San Suu Kyi

On the Pulse of Morning – Maya Angelou

UN Climate Change Speech - Greta Thunberg

Still I Rise – Maya Angelou

The Canterbury Tales – Geoffrey Chaucer (Choose a chapter)

This is the Place - Tony Walsh

The Road Not Taken – Robert Frost

Dulce et Decorum Est – Wilfred Owen

Invictus – William Ernest Henley


Songs Spoken Word

Zombie – Cranberries

We Shall Overcome – Pete Seeger

Revolution – The Beatles

I Want to Break Free – Queen

Alright – Kendrick Lamar

Bloody Sunday – U2

Imagine – John Lennon

The Revolution Will Not Be Televised – Gil Scott Heron


A Change is Gonna Come – Sam Cooke

Get Up Stand Up – Bob Marley

What’s Going On – Marvin Gaye

What if I had 3 Minutes to Change the World? - Asia Greene

Changing the World one Word at a Time - Get Lit

This Poem Will Change your Life - Rudy Francisco

59 - Harry Baker

Smile - Rhiannon McGavin

Can We Autocorrect Humanity? - Prince Ea

Why are Muslims So - Detroit Team

Therapy Session - Atlanta Team

To This Day - Shane Koyczan


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