Gifts of Speech includes links to speeches by Barbara Jordan, Mary Church Terrell, Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcolm X and Jessie Jackson on its "Top 100 American Speeches of the 20th Century" link.
The American Rhetoric website is a searchable site that allows you to view the full text (and often listen to) famous speeches by Americans. They also have a speech bank for you to search for a speech by the speaker's name. Visit their site at www.americanrhetoric.com.
Bring poetry to your school- enter the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest. In addition to information about the contest, the website has resources for students including a search engine to browse poems, poets and poems with 25 lines and fewer.