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The Power of Speech

As Maya Angelou points out in The Power of Speech, “If the words and delivery are powerful, they echo down the centuries.” To emphasize the point, Angelou and other writers and orators examine the moving oratory of 14th-century tax protester John Ball, 19th-century slave Sojourner Truth, and Martin Luther King, Jr. Each speaker’s technique is examined within the context of why the speech is being delivered, and to whom. Examples of how great orators throughout history have used their skills for good and evil drive home the immense power of the spoken word. A BBC Production. (30 minutes)

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Item#: BVL7483
Copyright date: ©1994
DVD ISBN 978-1-4213-7889-3


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