Showing posts with label Speech. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Speech. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 10, 2018

Full Transcript and Video of Oprah Winfrey's Golden Globe 2018 Speech



Oprah Winfrey speaks after accepting the Cecil B. Demille Award at the 75th Golden Globe Awards
It was undeniably the most electrifying moment of the 2018 Golden Globes: Oprah Winfrey, the actor, author, entrepreneur, and humanitarian, accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award for outstanding contributions to entertainment, and gave an inspiring speech that garnered standing ovation across the room. It is no surprise, many on social media are clamoring for her 2020 presidency candidacy. captured the systemic inequality that’s still rooted at the heart of the entertainment industry. Watch video and full script below;


Wednesday, January 21, 2015

President Obama In New #Stateoftheunion Address Vows Equality Over Hostility


Barack Obama sought to rally a hostile Congress behind an uncompromising vision of a more equal America on Wednesday in a State of the Union address remarkable for its broad appeal for national unity – if rather less memorable for its new policy proposals. President affirms ‘We are still one people’ in speech aiming to appeal to divided Congress with persistent vision for American middle class. Watch full video below;

Tuesday, November 25, 2014

President Obama Speech after Ferguson Grand Jury Decision


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“Either way it was going to be the subject of intense disagreement,” the 53-year-old president shared during his speech to the country. “We need to accept that this decision was the grand jury’s to make.”

He added, “There are Americans who agree with it, and there are Americans who are deeply disappointed — even angry. It’s an understandable reaction.”

He continued, “We have made enormous progress in race relations over the course of the past several decades. I have witnessed that in my own life, and to deny that progress, I think is to deny America’s capacity for change. But what is also true is that there are still problems — and communities of color aren’t just making these problems up. Separating that from this particular decision, there are issues in which the law too often feels as if it is being applied in a discriminatory fashion.”