Robert F Kennedy’s speech, On the Mindless Menace of Violence, delivered on the night of 5 April, 1968 in the City Club in Cleveland, Ohio is truly a magnificent piece of rhetoric. Conveyed in the attractive, thick Boston accent with broad A’s and non-existent R’s; his voice remains steady, but with difficulty, suppressing the passion, [...]

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Ralph Abernathy was the black man most recognized as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s second-in-command. It’s easy to see him being King’s Vice President, had the good doctor ever attained the White House. In his last speech on April 3, 1968, MLK said, “Ralph Abernathy is the best friend that I have in the world.” [...]

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Bill Clinton was born William Jefferson Blythe III in Hope, Arkansas, in 1946; his father died before he was born and he later took his stepfather’s name. His childhood home was a troubled one; his stepfather, a gambler and alcoholic, was abusive to his mother and stepbrother. When Bill was fifteen, he made it clear [...]

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