Oratory Links

Declamation

• 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 History Place has links to Nelson Mandela's "I am Prepared to Die" and  Frederick Douglass' "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery"
• 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.

Poetry

• Poets.org: The Academy of American Poets.  Click on the "For Educators Link"- Great Poems to Teach.
• Download a copy of Maya Angelou's curricula guide for Dream in Color which contains poems and other resources: Elementary School   Middle School   High School
• 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.
• ctadams.com
• Afropoets.net

Prose

• African American Writers: Online E-texts
• The Database of Award Winning Children's Literature

Miscellaneous

• The Circle: African American Website  includes links to poetry, prose and non-fiction.