History Audio & Video

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal."

In this great speech delivered on March 14, 1968, less than a month before he was killed, Dr. King talks about the two Americas that are still very relevant to our modern times.

This audio program offers speeches from a wide variety of thinkers and leaders. You will here important statements made by Philosophers, Religious Leaders, Royalty, Statesman civil rights advocates and more.

Listen to this abridged edition of Winston Churchill's monumental six-part series called The Second World War. Published between 1948 and 1953, this series of books was largerly responsible for Churchill receiving the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953.

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "A Knock at Midnight" sermon was delivered on June 11, 1967. It is one of his most famous sermons where he relates the parable Jesus told of a man who knocks at midnight for three loaves of bread.

Written by Sun Tzu in the 6th Century BC, the Art of War now stands as a definitive distillation of ancient military Strategy.

From one of Outside magazine's "Literary All-Stars" comes the thrilling true tale of the fastest boat ride ever, down the entire length of the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon, during the legendary flood of 1983.

As Truman Capote reconstructs the murder and the investigation that led to the capture, trial, and execution of the killers, he generates both mesmerizing suspense and astonishing empathy. In Cold Blood is a work that transcends its moment, yielding poignant insights into the nature of American violence.

Our friends at AmericanRhetoric.com have compiled the web's most complete listing of Obama's speeches on audio & video.

"Were we to come out here discussing religion, we’d have too many differences from the outstart and we could never get together."