It was during his campaign for the United States Senate that he first made a speech that received nationwide attention; he gave the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. and stated "there is not a liberal America and a conservative America—there is the United States of America". Obama began to run for president just three years after that speech. In response to a political controversy involving race during the primary campaign, he delivered his "A More Perfect Union" speech, which was widely seen as a critical point in the campaign.
Obama won election to the presidency in 2009 and re-election in 2013. Among the hundreds of speeches he has delivered since then include six speeches before Congress (including four State of the Union addresses), two victory speeches, a speech to the Islamic world in Egypt early in his first term, and a speech following the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords.
On January 10, 2017, We Are The Change We Seek,[1] a collection of Barack Obama's greatest speeches selected and introduced by columnist E.J. Dionne and MSNBC host Joy-Ann Reid was published by Bloomsbury Publishing.
Obama first met Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in the spring of 2004, and was just one of several names considered for the role of keynote speaker at the party's convention that summer. After being alerted in early July that he had been chosen to deliver the address, Obama largely wrote the speech himself, with later edits from the Kerry presidential campaign. Delivered on the second night of the DNC in just under 20 minutes, the address included both a biographical sketch of Obama, his own vision of America, and the reasons for his support of Kerry for the presidency. Unlike almost all prior and all subsequent convention keynote addresses, it was not televised by the commercial broadcast networks, and was only seen by a combined PBS, cable news and C-SPAN television audience of about 9 million. Since its delivery, several academics have studied the speech, both for the various narratives it describes as well as its implications for racial reconciliation.
Obama addressed the subjects of racial tensions, white privilege, and race and inequality in the United States, discussing black "anger", white "resentment", and other issues as he sought to explain and contextualize Wright's controversial comments.[6] His speech closed with a plea to move beyond America's "racial stalemate" and address shared social problems.
On March 27, 2008, the Pew Research Center called the speech "arguably the biggest political event of the campaign so far," noting that 85 percent of Americans said they had heard at least a little about the speech and that 54 percent said they heard a lot about it.[7]The New Yorker opined that the speech helped elect Obama as the President of the United States.[8]
Following his victory in the 2008 United States presidential election, President-electBarack Obama gave his victory speech[9] at Grant Park in his home city of Chicago,[10] on November 4, 2008, before an estimated crowd of 240,000.[11][12] Viewed on television and the Internet by millions of people around the globe, Obama's speech focused on the major issues facing the United States and the world, all echoed through his campaign slogan of change.[13] He also mentioned his grandmother, who had died two nights earlier.
"A New Beginning" is the name of a speech delivered by United States President Barack Obama on June 4, 2009, from the Major Reception Hall at Cairo University in Egypt. Al-Azhar University co-hosted the event. The speech honors a promise Obama made during his presidential campaign to give a major address to Muslims from a Muslim capital during his first few months as president.[18]
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs indicated that Egypt was chosen because "it is a country that in many ways represents the heart of the Arab world."[19] Egypt is considered a key player in the Middle East peace process as well as a major recipient of American military and economic aid. Reuters reporter Ross Colvin reported that the speech would attempt to mend the United States' relations with the Muslim world, which he wrote were "severely damaged" during the presidency of George W. Bush.[18]
The theme for President Obama's speech was "Rescue, Rebuild, Restore – a New Foundation for Prosperity".[23][24] Among the topics that Obama covered in his speech were proposals for job creation and federal deficit reduction.[25]
This speech was delivered on April 15, 2010, at the Kennedy Space Center.
Birth Certificate statement, 2011edit
Obama delivered a speech at the White House Briefing Room on April 20, 2011. He stated that the release of his birth certificate is a settled issue saying that the American people "didn't care" nor were concerned about this. Obama blamed partisan politics and said this release is no different than any earlier release.
It honored the victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting and included themes of healing and national unity. Watched by more than 30 million Americans,[28] it drew widespread praise from politicians and commentators across the political spectrum and from abroad.
The 2011 State of the Union Address was a speech given by President Barack Obama at 9 p.m. EST on January 25, 2011, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives.[29] In this joint session Obama outlined his "vision for an America that's more determined, more competitive, better positioned for the future—an America where we out-innovate, we out-educate, we out-build the rest of the world; where we take responsibility for our deficits; where we reform our government to meet the demands of a new age."[30][31][32]
The 2012 State of the Union Address was a speech given by former President Barack Obama, from 9 p.m. to 10:17 p.m. EST on Tuesday, January 24, 2012, in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives.[33][34] In his speech, he focused on education reform, repairing America's infrastructure with money not used on the Iraq War, and creating new energy sources in America.
Speech to the Clinton Global Initiative, 2012edit
Barack Obama's speech to the Clinton Global Initiative in 2012 took place on September 25.[35] The speech was on the subject of human trafficking, which Obama referred to as "modern slavery".[36] He stated that he did not use the term "slavery" lightly, knowing that this word conjures painful memories of previous forms of slavery in the United States.[37] In the speech, he told his administration to oppose human trafficking to a greater extent than the administration had done previously.[38] He also encouraged people to develop technology to combat human trafficking, and specifically put a call out to college students.[39] He also told the story of former human trafficking victim Sheila White, who, in 2003, was battered next to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey without anyone even asking her if she needed help.[40] Opening night of the human-trafficking-themed Canadian playShe Has a Name in Edmonton, Alberta coincided with Obama's speech.[41]JD Supra called it a "landmark speech [that] is reflective of the fact that human trafficking and forced labor have become key priorities" for people wishing to address the human rights issues that result from business operations.[42]California Against Slavery founder Daphne Phung was pleased with Obama's speech.[43] As part of the Obama administration's followup to the speech to the Clinton Global Initiative, there was a 25-person discussion at the White House about how to eliminate human trafficking globally.[44]
On July 19, 2013, President Obama gave a speech in place of the usual White House daily briefing normally given by White House Press SecretaryJay Carney. In the 17-minute speech, President Obama spoke about public reaction to the conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial, racial profiling, and the state of race relations in the United States.[46] The speech was widely covered on news networks, and made headlines across the country. During this speech, made six days after George Zimmerman was found not guilty, Obama said, "Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago." That phrase became the most frequently quoted portion of the speech in the news cycle that followed.[46] The speech marked a major turning point for Barack Obama, who had previously shied away from addressing issues of racial tension during his presidency. During the remarks, President Obama spoke about the many African-Americans who have experienced racial profiling, including himself.[47]
There are very few African American men in this country who haven't had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store. That includes me. There are very few African American men who haven't had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars. That happens to me—at least before I was a senator. There are very few African Americans who haven't had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had a chance to get off. That happens often.[48]
President Obama also spoke about stand-your-ground laws and pondered that, if Trayvon Martin had been armed, he might possibly have legally stood his ground on the sidewalk and shot George Zimmerman because he felt threatened. Based on that ambiguity, Obama said that perhaps such laws should be examined.[46]
Speech at the Brandenburg Gate Berlin, 2013edit
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On August 28, 2013, the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have A Dream" speech was commemorated by an all day event featuring various speakers including President Barack Obama and John Lewis, the only speaker from the original rally to remain living.
Obama spoke on the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches, lauded unsung heroes and everyday Americans that stood up for justice. According to leading George W. Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson, the speech "falls into the category of speeches that every child should read in school" and is cited by the Washington Post as the Obama speech which will hold up best for posterity.[49]
Eulogy for Clementa Pinckney, 2015edit
After the Charleston church shooting, during which state senator Clementa C. Pinckney and eight other victims were gunned down by a white supremacist, Obama went to the College of Charleston to deliver eulogy for senator Pinckney while addressing bigger issues about race relations and civil rights in the United States.[50] Speech had Obama singing "Amazing grace" with the emotional crowd.[51] A part of this song in speech was sampled by British band Coldplay in their album "A Head Full of Dreams"[52].
Address to the Nation by the President, 2015edit
On December 6, 2015, after a terrorist attack on San Bernardino, California, Obama delivered a live Address to the Nation by the President from the Oval Office. In the address, he declared the shooting an act of terrorism, referring to the shooters as having "gone down the dark path of radicalization" and embracing a "perverted version of Islam."[53] Obama said that "the threat from terrorism is real, but we will overcome it" and promised that the United States will "destroy ISIL and any other organization that tries to harm us." Obama also outlined the ongoing fight against ISIL (including U.S. airstrikes, financial sanctions, and targeted special operations) and urged Americans to not give in to fear.[54] It was just the third speech from the Oval Office in the seven years of Obama's presidency.[55][56]
On May 27, 2016 Obama became the first sitting US President to visit Hiroshima, bombed by the US in 1945. He made a speech at the Hiroshima Peace Park to a small audience of around 100 people, including hibakusha, (atomic bomb survivors). His speech was followed by one by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe.[57]
Democratic National Convention, 2016edit
President Obama hugging Hillary Clinton
"You know, nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office. Until you've sat at that desk, you don't know what it's like to manage a global crisis or send young people to war. ... But Hillary's been in the room. She's been part of those decisions."
In one of the last major speeches of his presidency, Obama strongly endorsed Clinton as the Democratic nominee for president, saying "there has never been a man or woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton. Not me, not Bill, nobody!"[59] Obama contrasted his and Clinton's hopeful view of America with that of Republican nominee Donald Trump, which he called "deeply pessimistic."[59] Obama argued that Trump was unqualified for the office, and was attempting to use fear to get elected.[60] Michael Grunwald of Politico called it a "stirring but fundamentally defensive speech."[61] Conservative blogger Erick Erickson tweeted "I disagree with the President on so much policy and his agenda, but appreciate the hope and optimism in this speech."[62] After the speech, Clinton appeared on the stage for the first time in the convention, embracing her 2008 primary rival.[63]
Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign speeches, 2016edit
Barack Obama gave eighteen speeches on behalf of the Clinton Campaign, many of which were in battleground states, such as North Carolina and New Hampshire. His last speech on behalf of the campaign was delivered at a rally at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on the eve of Election Day on November 7, 2016.[64]
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Barack Obama gave a farewell speech, stating many achievements made during his presidency and thanking the American people for their hard work they had done and would continue to do.
H.B.C.U. Commencement speech, 2020edit
On May 16, 2020, Obama gave a virtual commencement speech for some 27,000 students from 78 historically black colleges and universities (HBCU).[65] He said, "You've got more tools, technology, and talents than my generation did. No generation has been better positioned to be warriors for justice and remake the world."[65]
Notesedit
^Transcript of President Obama's Remarks * Remarks by the President on Trayvon Martin Video of President Obama's Remarks * President Obama Speaks on Trayvon Martin
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Further readingedit
Baysha, Olga. "Synecdoche that kills: How Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin constructed different Ukraines for different ends." International Communication Gazette 80.3 (2018): 230-249.
Belisle, Jordan, et al. "Feasibility of contextual behavioral speech analyses of US presidents: Inaugural addresses of Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, 1993–2017." Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 10 (2018): 14-18.
Bostdorff, Denise M. "Obama, Trump, and reflections on the rhetoric of political change." Rhetoric & Public Affairs 20.4 (2017): 695-706. online
Degani, Marta. Framing the rhetoric of a leader: an analysis of Obama's election campaign speeches (Springer, 2015).
Gleason, Timothy R., and Sara S. Hansen. "Image control: The visual rhetoric of President Obama." Howard Journal of Communications 28.1 (2017): 55-71. online[dead link]
Hill, Theon E. "Sanitizing the struggle: Barack Obama, Selma, and civil rights memory." Communication Quarterly 65.3 (2017): 354-376. online[dead link]
Holliday, N. "'My Presiden(t) and Firs(t) Lady Were Black': Style, Context, and Coronal Stop Deletion in the Speech of Barack and Michelle Obama." American Speech: A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage (2017) 92(4), 459-486, https://doi.org/10.1215/00031283-6903954
Holliday, Nicole, Jason Bishop, and Grace Kuo. "Prosody and political style: The case of Barack Obama and the L+ H* Pitch accent." Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2020. online
Iversen, Stefan, and Henrik Skov Nielsen. "Invention as intervention in the rhetoric of Barack Obama." Storyworlds: A Journal of Narrative Studies 9.1-2 (2017): 121-142.
Kurtz, Jeffrey B. "'To Have Your Experience Denied... it Hurts': Barack Obama, James Baldwin, and the Politics of Black Anger." Howard Journal of Communications 28.1 (2017): 93-106.
Perry, Samuel. "Barack Obama, civil mourning, and prudence in presidential rhetoric." Howard Journal of Communications 28.2 (2017): 160-173 online[dead link].
St. Onge, Jeffrey. "Neoliberalism as common sense in Barack Obama's health care rhetoric." Rhetoric Society Quarterly 47.4 (2017): 295-312. online[dead link]
Widiatmika, Putu Wahyu, I. Made Budiarsa, and I. Gde Sadia. "Rhetorical Schemes in Barack Obama's Winning Speech." Humanis 24.4: 394-401. online
Editionsedit
Dionne Jr, E. J., and Joy-Ann Reid, eds. We are the change we seek: The speeches of Barack Obama (Bloomsbury Publishing USA, 2017).
Easton, Jaclyn, ed. (2008). Inspire a Nation: Barack Obama's Most Electrifying Speeches of the 2008 Election. Publishing 180. ISBN978-0982100509.
Emerson, Ralph Waldo; Obama, Barack; Lincoln, Abraham (2009). The Inaugural Address, 2009: Together with Abraham Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses and the Gettysburg Address and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance. New York: Penguin Books. ISBN978-0-14-311642-4.
Olive, David I. (2008). An American Story: The Speeches of Barack Obama: A Primer. Toronto: ECW Press. ISBN978-1-55022-864-9.
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Barack Obama served as the 44th President of the United States from 2009 to 2017 Before his presidency he served in the Illinois Senate 1997 2004 and the United States Senate 2005 2008 Barack Obama delivering the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention It was during his campaign for the United States Senate that he first made a speech that received nationwide attention he gave the keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention and stated there is not a liberal America and a conservative America there is the United States of America Obama began to run for president just three years after that speech In response to a political controversy involving race during the primary campaign he delivered his A More Perfect Union speech which was widely seen as a critical point in the campaign Obama won election to the presidency in 2009 and re election in 2013 Among the hundreds of speeches he has delivered since then include six speeches before Congress including four State of the Union addresses two victory speeches a speech to the Islamic world in Egypt early in his first term and a speech following the shooting of Congresswoman Gabby Giffords On January 10 2017 We Are The Change We Seek 1 a collection of Barack Obama s greatest speeches selected and introduced by columnist E J Dionne and MSNBC host Joy Ann Reid was published by Bloomsbury Publishing Contents 1 Democratic National Convention keynote address 2004 2 A More Perfect Union 2008 3 Election victory speech 2008 4 Speech to joint session of Congress 2009 5 A New Beginning 2009 6 Speech to joint session of Congress 2009 7 State of the Union Address 2010 8 Space policy speech at Kennedy Space Center 2009 9 Birth Certificate statement 2011 10 Tucson memorial speech 2011 11 State of the Union Address 2011 12 Speech to joint session of Congress 2011 13 State of the Union Address 2012 14 Speech to the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 15 You didn t build that 2012 16 Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago 2013 17 Speech at the Brandenburg Gate Berlin 2013 18 Speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool 2013 19 State of the Union Address 2013 20 State of the Union Address 2014 21 State of the Union Address 2015 22 Selma Anniversary 2015 23 Eulogy for Clementa Pinckney 2015 24 Address to the Nation by the President 2015 25 State of the Union Address 2016 26 Hiroshima Speech 2016 27 Democratic National Convention 2016 28 Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign speeches 2016 29 Farewell Speech 2017 30 H B C U Commencement speech 2020 31 Notes 32 References 33 Further reading 33 1 Editions 34 External linksDemocratic National Convention keynote address 2004 editMain article 2004 Democratic National Convention keynote address The keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention DNC was given by then Illinois State Senator United States Senate candidate and future President Barack Obama on the night of Tuesday July 27 2004 His unexpected landslide victory in the March 2004 Illinois U S Senate Democratic primary had made him overnight a rising star within the national Democratic Party started speculation about a presidential future and led to the reissue of his memoir Dreams from My Father 2 His convention keynote address was well received which further elevated his status within the Democratic Party and led to his reissued memoir becoming a bestseller 3 Obama first met Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry in the spring of 2004 and was just one of several names considered for the role of keynote speaker at the party s convention that summer After being alerted in early July that he had been chosen to deliver the address Obama largely wrote the speech himself with later edits from the Kerry presidential campaign Delivered on the second night of the DNC in just under 20 minutes the address included both a biographical sketch of Obama his own vision of America and the reasons for his support of Kerry for the presidency Unlike almost all prior and all subsequent convention keynote addresses it was not televised by the commercial broadcast networks and was only seen by a combined PBS cable news and C SPAN television audience of about 9 million Since its delivery several academics have studied the speech both for the various narratives it describes as well as its implications for racial reconciliation A More Perfect Union 2008 editMain article A More Perfect Union speech A More Perfect Union 4 5 is the name of a speech delivered by Senator Barack Obama on March 18 2008 in the course of the contest for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination 5 Speaking before an audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia Obama was responding to a spike in the attention paid to controversial remarks made by the Reverend Jeremiah Wright his former pastor and until shortly before the speech a participant in his campaign Obama framed his response in terms of the broader issue of race in the United States The speech s title was taken from the Preamble to the United States Constitution Obama addressed the subjects of racial tensions white privilege and race and inequality in the United States discussing black anger white resentment and other issues as he sought to explain and contextualize Wright s controversial comments 6 His speech closed with a plea to move beyond America s racial stalemate and address shared social problems On March 27 2008 the Pew Research Center called the speech arguably the biggest political event of the campaign so far noting that 85 percent of Americans said they had heard at least a little about the speech and that 54 percent said they heard a lot about it 7 The New Yorker opined that the speech helped elect Obama as the President of the United States 8 Election victory speech 2008 editMain article Barack Obama election victory speech 2008 Following his victory in the 2008 United States presidential election President elect Barack Obama gave his victory speech 9 at Grant Park in his home city of Chicago 10 on November 4 2008 before an estimated crowd of 240 000 11 12 Viewed on television and the Internet by millions of people around the globe Obama s speech focused on the major issues facing the United States and the world all echoed through his campaign slogan of change 13 He also mentioned his grandmother who had died two nights earlier Speech to joint session of Congress 2009 editMain article February 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress nbsp Obama addressing CongressUnited States President Barack Obama delivered a speech to a joint session of the 111th United States Congress on February 24 2009 14 It was not an official State of the Union address 15 Obama s first State of the Union Address was the 2010 State of the Union Address The speech was delivered on the floor of the chamber of the United States House of Representatives in the United States Capitol Presiding over this joint session was the House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Accompanying the Speaker of the House was the President of the United States Senate Joe Biden the Vice President of the United States President Obama discussed the recently passed 787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 as well as the Troubled Assets Relief Program the state of the economy and the future of the country 16 Attorney General Eric Holder was the designated survivor and did not attend the address in order to maintain a continuity of government He was sequestered at a secret secure location for the duration of the event 17 A New Beginning 2009 editMain article A New Beginning speech A New Beginning is the name of a speech delivered by United States President Barack Obama on June 4 2009 from the Major Reception Hall at Cairo University in Egypt Al Azhar University co hosted the event The speech honors a promise Obama made during his presidential campaign to give a major address to Muslims from a Muslim capital during his first few months as president 18 White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs indicated that Egypt was chosen because it is a country that in many ways represents the heart of the Arab world 19 Egypt is considered a key player in the Middle East peace process as well as a major recipient of American military and economic aid Reuters reporter Ross Colvin reported that the speech would attempt to mend the United States relations with the Muslim world which he wrote were severely damaged during the presidency of George W Bush 18 Speech to joint session of Congress 2009 editMain article September 2009 Barack Obama speech to a joint session of Congress United States President Barack Obama discussed his plan for health care reform in a speech delivered to a joint session of the 111th United States Congress on September 9 2009 at 8 00 PM EDT The speech was delivered to Congress on the floor of the chamber of the United States House of Representatives in the United States Capitol House Speaker Nancy Pelosi presided over the joint session and was accompanied by the President of the United States Senate Joe Biden the Vice President of the United States Energy Secretary Steven Chu was chosen as the designated survivor and did not attend the speech 20 State of the Union Address 2010 edit nbsp President Obama delivering the State of the Union to the United States Congress with Vice President Joe Biden and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi Main article 2010 State of the Union Address The 2010 State of the Union Address was given by United States President Barack Obama on January 27 2010 to a joint session of Congress 21 It was aired on all the major networks starting at 9 pm ET 22 It was Obama s first State of the Union Address though the president did give a non State of the Union address to a joint session of Congress a month after taking office in 2009 The speech was delivered in the United States House of Representatives in the United States Capitol As always the presiding officers of the Senate and the House of Representatives Vice President Joe Biden as Senate President and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sat behind the president The theme for President Obama s speech was Rescue Rebuild Restore a New Foundation for Prosperity 23 24 Among the topics that Obama covered in his speech were proposals for job creation and federal deficit reduction 25 Newly inaugurated Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell delivered the Republican response following the speech 26 from the floor of the House of Delegates at the Virginia State Capitol in front of over 300 people 27 Space policy speech at Kennedy Space Center 2009 editFurther information Space policy of the Barack Obama administration Space policy speech at Kennedy Space Center This speech was delivered on April 15 2010 at the Kennedy Space Center Birth Certificate statement 2011 editObama delivered a speech at the White House Briefing Room on April 20 2011 He stated that the release of his birth certificate is a settled issue saying that the American people didn t care nor were concerned about this Obama blamed partisan politics and said this release is no different than any earlier release Tucson memorial speech 2011 editMain article Barack Obama Tucson memorial speech President of the United States Barack Obama delivered a speech at the Together We Thrive Tucson and America memorial on January 12 2011 held in the McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus It honored the victims of the 2011 Tucson shooting and included themes of healing and national unity Watched by more than 30 million Americans 28 it drew widespread praise from politicians and commentators across the political spectrum and from abroad State of the Union Address 2011 editMain article 2011 State of the Union Address The 2011 State of the Union Address was a speech given by President Barack Obama at 9 p m EST on January 25 2011 in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives 29 In this joint session Obama outlined his vision for an America that s more determined more competitive better positioned for the future an America where we out innovate we out educate we out build the rest of the world where we take responsibility for our deficits where we reform our government to meet the demands of a new age 30 31 32 Speech to joint session of Congress 2011 editFurther information Barack Obama speech to joint session of Congress September 2011State of the Union Address 2012 editMain article 2012 State of the Union Address The 2012 State of the Union Address was a speech given by former President Barack Obama from 9 p m to 10 17 p m EST on Tuesday January 24 2012 in the chamber of the United States House of Representatives 33 34 In his speech he focused on education reform repairing America s infrastructure with money not used on the Iraq War and creating new energy sources in America Speech to the Clinton Global Initiative 2012 editBarack Obama s speech to the Clinton Global Initiative in 2012 took place on September 25 35 The speech was on the subject of human trafficking which Obama referred to as modern slavery 36 He stated that he did not use the term slavery lightly knowing that this word conjures painful memories of previous forms of slavery in the United States 37 In the speech he told his administration to oppose human trafficking to a greater extent than the administration had done previously 38 He also encouraged people to develop technology to combat human trafficking and specifically put a call out to college students 39 He also told the story of former human trafficking victim Sheila White who in 2003 was battered next to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey without anyone even asking her if she needed help 40 Opening night of the human trafficking themed Canadian play She Has a Name in Edmonton Alberta coincided with Obama s speech 41 JD Supra called it a landmark speech that is reflective of the fact that human trafficking and forced labor have become key priorities for people wishing to address the human rights issues that result from business operations 42 California Against Slavery founder Daphne Phung was pleased with Obama s speech 43 As part of the Obama administration s followup to the speech to the Clinton Global Initiative there was a 25 person discussion at the White House about how to eliminate human trafficking globally 44 You didn t build that 2012 editSee also You didn t build that The speech took place in Roanoke Virginia on July 13 2012 45 Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago 2013 edit source source source source source source source President Obama delivers a speech in the White House Press Room on July 19 2013 Note 1 On July 19 2013 President Obama gave a speech in place of the usual White House daily briefing normally given by White House Press Secretary Jay Carney In the 17 minute speech President Obama spoke about public reaction to the conclusion of the George Zimmerman trial racial profiling and the state of race relations in the United States 46 The speech was widely covered on news networks and made headlines across the country During this speech made six days after George Zimmerman was found not guilty Obama said Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago That phrase became the most frequently quoted portion of the speech in the news cycle that followed 46 The speech marked a major turning point for Barack Obama who had previously shied away from addressing issues of racial tension during his presidency During the remarks President Obama spoke about the many African Americans who have experienced racial profiling including himself 47 There are very few African American men in this country who haven t had the experience of being followed when they were shopping in a department store That includes me There are very few African American men who haven t had the experience of walking across the street and hearing the locks click on the doors of cars That happens to me at least before I was a senator There are very few African Americans who haven t had the experience of getting on an elevator and a woman clutching her purse nervously and holding her breath until she had a chance to get off That happens often 48 President Obama also spoke about stand your ground laws and pondered that if Trayvon Martin had been armed he might possibly have legally stood his ground on the sidewalk and shot George Zimmerman because he felt threatened Based on that ambiguity Obama said that perhaps such laws should be examined 46 Speech at the Brandenburg Gate Berlin 2013 editThis section is empty You can help by adding to it July 2013 Speech at the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool 2013 editThis section needs expansion You can help by adding to it April 2014 On August 28 2013 the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom and Martin Luther King Jr s I Have A Dream speech was commemorated by an all day event featuring various speakers including President Barack Obama and John Lewis the only speaker from the original rally to remain living State of the Union Address 2013 editFurther information 2013 State of the Union AddressState of the Union Address 2014 editFurther information 2014 State of the Union AddressState of the Union Address 2015 editFurther information 2015 State of the Union AddressSelma Anniversary 2015 editFurther information Barack Obama Selma 50th anniversary speechObama spoke on the 50th anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches lauded unsung heroes and everyday Americans that stood up for justice According to leading George W Bush speechwriter Michael Gerson the speech falls into the category of speeches that every child should read in school and is cited by the Washington Post as the Obama speech which will hold up best for posterity 49 Eulogy for Clementa Pinckney 2015 editAfter the Charleston church shooting during which state senator Clementa C Pinckney and eight other victims were gunned down by a white supremacist Obama went to the College of Charleston to deliver eulogy for senator Pinckney while addressing bigger issues about race relations and civil rights in the United States 50 Speech had Obama singing Amazing grace with the emotional crowd 51 A part of this song in speech was sampled by British band Coldplay in their album A Head Full of Dreams 52 Address to the Nation by the President 2015 editOn December 6 2015 after a terrorist attack on San Bernardino California Obama delivered a live Address to the Nation by the President from the Oval Office In the address he declared the shooting an act of terrorism referring to the shooters as having gone down the dark path of radicalization and embracing a perverted version of Islam 53 Obama said that the threat from terrorism is real but we will overcome it and promised that the United States will destroy ISIL and any other organization that tries to harm us Obama also outlined the ongoing fight against ISIL including U S airstrikes financial sanctions and targeted special operations and urged Americans to not give in to fear 54 It was just the third speech from the Oval Office in the seven years of Obama s presidency 55 56 State of the Union Address 2016 editFurther information 2016 State of the Union AddressHiroshima Speech 2016 editOn May 27 2016 Obama became the first sitting US President to visit Hiroshima bombed by the US in 1945 He made a speech at the Hiroshima Peace Park to a small audience of around 100 people including hibakusha atomic bomb survivors His speech was followed by one by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe 57 Democratic National Convention 2016 edit nbsp President Obama hugging Hillary Clinton nbsp You know nothing truly prepares you for the demands of the Oval Office Until you ve sat at that desk you don t know what it s like to manage a global crisis or send young people to war But Hillary s been in the room She s been part of those decisions Barack Obama in the 2016 Democratic National Convention 58 In one of the last major speeches of his presidency Obama strongly endorsed Clinton as the Democratic nominee for president saying there has never been a man or woman more qualified than Hillary Clinton Not me not Bill nobody 59 Obama contrasted his and Clinton s hopeful view of America with that of Republican nominee Donald Trump which he called deeply pessimistic 59 Obama argued that Trump was unqualified for the office and was attempting to use fear to get elected 60 Michael Grunwald of Politico called it a stirring but fundamentally defensive speech 61 Conservative blogger Erick Erickson tweeted I disagree with the President on so much policy and his agenda but appreciate the hope and optimism in this speech 62 After the speech Clinton appeared on the stage for the first time in the convention embracing her 2008 primary rival 63 Hillary Clinton Presidential Campaign speeches 2016 edit nbsp People waiting on Hooker Fields at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for Obama to arrive and give a speechBarack Obama gave eighteen speeches on behalf of the Clinton Campaign many of which were in battleground states such as North Carolina and New Hampshire His last speech on behalf of the campaign was delivered at a rally at Independence Hall in Philadelphia on the eve of Election Day on November 7 2016 64 Farewell Speech 2017 editFurther information Barack Obama s farewell address This section needs expansion You can help by adding to it January 2023 Barack Obama gave a farewell speech stating many achievements made during his presidency and thanking the American people for their hard work they had done and would continue to do H B C U Commencement speech 2020 editOn May 16 2020 Obama gave a virtual commencement speech for some 27 000 students from 78 historically black colleges and universities HBCU 65 He said You ve got more tools technology and talents than my generation did No generation has been better positioned to be warriors for justice and remake the world 65 Notes edit 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the torch to Clinton CNN Retrieved November 11 2016 a b Read the Full Transcript of Obama s H B C U Commencement Speech The New York Times May 16 2020 ISSN 0362 4331 Retrieved May 17 2020 Further reading editBaysha Olga Synecdoche that kills How Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin constructed different Ukraines for different ends International Communication Gazette 80 3 2018 230 249 Belisle Jordan et al Feasibility of contextual behavioral speech analyses of US presidents Inaugural addresses of Bill Clinton George W Bush Barack Obama and Donald Trump 1993 2017 Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science 10 2018 14 18 Bostdorff Denise M Obama Trump and reflections on the rhetoric of political change Rhetoric amp Public Affairs 20 4 2017 695 706 online Degani Marta Framing the rhetoric of a leader an analysis of Obama s election campaign speeches Springer 2015 Gleason Timothy R and Sara S Hansen Image control The visual rhetoric of President Obama Howard Journal of Communications 28 1 2017 55 71 online dead link Hill Theon E Sanitizing the struggle Barack Obama Selma and civil rights memory Communication Quarterly 65 3 2017 354 376 online dead link Holliday N My Presiden t and Firs t Lady Were Black Style Context and Coronal Stop Deletion in the Speech of Barack and Michelle Obama American Speech A Quarterly of Linguistic Usage 2017 92 4 459 486 https doi org 10 1215 00031283 6903954 Holliday Nicole Jason Bishop and Grace Kuo Prosody and political style The case of Barack Obama and the L H Pitch accent Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2020 online Iversen Stefan and Henrik Skov Nielsen Invention as intervention in the rhetoric of Barack Obama Storyworlds A Journal of Narrative Studies 9 1 2 2017 121 142 Kurtz Jeffrey B To Have Your Experience Denied it Hurts Barack Obama James Baldwin and the Politics of Black Anger Howard Journal of Communications 28 1 2017 93 106 Perry Samuel Barack Obama civil mourning and prudence in presidential rhetoric Howard Journal of Communications 28 2 2017 160 173 online dead link St Onge Jeffrey Neoliberalism as common sense in Barack Obama s health care rhetoric Rhetoric Society Quarterly 47 4 2017 295 312 online dead link Widiatmika Putu Wahyu I Made Budiarsa and I Gde Sadia Rhetorical Schemes in Barack Obama s Winning Speech Humanis 24 4 394 401 onlineEditions edit Dionne Jr E J and Joy Ann Reid eds We are the change we seek The speeches of Barack Obama Bloomsbury Publishing USA 2017 Easton Jaclyn ed 2008 Inspire a Nation Barack Obama s Most Electrifying Speeches of the 2008 Election Publishing 180 ISBN 978 0982100509 Emerson Ralph Waldo Obama Barack Lincoln Abraham 2009 The Inaugural Address 2009 Together with Abraham Lincoln s First and Second Inaugural Addresses and the Gettysburg Address and Ralph Waldo Emerson s Self Reliance New York Penguin Books ISBN 978 0 14 311642 4 Olive David I 2008 An American Story The Speeches of Barack Obama A Primer Toronto ECW Press ISBN 978 1 55022 864 9 Rogak Lisa 2009 Barack Obama in His Own Words Running Press Miniature Editions ISBN 978 0 7624 3789 4 Ruth Greg 2009 Our Enduring Spirit President Barack Obama s First Words to America London Collins ISBN 978 0 06 183455 4 Sharpley Whiting T Denean 2009 The Speech Race and Barack Obama s A More Perfect Union Bloomsbury USA ISBN 978 1 59691 667 8 External links editObamaSpeeches com Speeches in Text Audio Video at AmericanRhetoric com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Speeches of Barack Obama amp oldid 1204651466, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
