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The following titles are well-known examples of position speeches or papers.

Blow, Charles. “Charles M. Blow: Politics, public opinion, and social justice.” The New York Times, https://www.nytimes.com/column/charles-m-blow. Accessed 17 Mar. 2022.

Grimke, Francis J. “Equality of Rights for All Citizens, Black and White Alike.” Masterpieces of Negro Eloquence, edited by Alice Moore Dunbar, 1914. Project Gutenberg, www.gutenberg.org/files/22240/22240-8.txt. Accessed 10 Dec. 2020.

Henry, Patrick. “Convention of Delegates, March 28, 1775.” American Eloquence: Studies in American Political History, Vol. 1, edited by James Albert Woodburn, G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1896. Project Gutenberg, www.gutenberg.org/files/15391/15391-h/15391-h.htm#link2H_4_0006. Accessed 10 Dec. 2020.

Mandela, Winnie. “Speech made by Mrs. Winnie Mandela to Mark the Creation of the Black Parents’ Association.” 1978. South African History Online, www.sahistory.org.za/archive/speech-made-mrs-winnie-mandela-mark. Accessed 6 Feb 2021.

Roosevelt, Franklin D. “Speech by Franklin D. Roosevelt, New York Transcript.” 1941. Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/item/afccal000483/.

Roosevelt, Theodore. “New Nationalism Speech.” 1910. Teaching American History, teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/new-nationalism-speech/. Accessed 6 Feb. 2021.

Truth, Sojourner. “Ain’t I a Woman?” 1851. National Park Service, www.nps.gov/articles/sojourner-truth.htm. Accessed 10 Dec. 2020

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