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The Moral Landscape. Letter to a Christian Nation is a 2006 book by Sam Harris, written in response to feedback he received following the publication of his first book The End of Faith. The book is written in the form of an open letter to a Christian in the United States. Harris states that his aim is "to demolish the intellectual and moral ...
A More Perfect Union (speech) " A More Perfect Union " [1] [2] is the title of a speech delivered by then- Senator Barack Obama on March 18, 2008, in the course of the contest for the 2008 Democratic Party presidential nomination. [2] Speaking before an audience at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Obama was ...
The Jeremiah Wright controversy gained national attention in the United States, in March 2008 after ABC News investigated the sermons of Jeremiah Wright who was, at that time, the pastor of then U.S. presidential candidate Barack Obama. [1] Excerpted parts of the sermons were found to pertain to terrorist attacks on the United States and ...
The keynote address at the 2004 Democratic National Convention (DNC) was given by the Illinois State Senator, United States senatorial candidate, and future President Barack Obama on the night of Tuesday, July 27, 2004, in Boston, Massachusetts. His unexpected landslide victory in the March 2004 Illinois U.S. Senate Democratic primary made him ...
v. t. e. "You didn't build that" is a phrase from a 2012 election campaign speech delivered by United States President Barack Obama on July 13, 2012, in Roanoke, Virginia. In the speech, Obama said: "Somebody helped to create this unbelievable American system that we have that allowed you to thrive. Somebody invested in roads and bridges.
The nation's first African-American president promised 'hope and change' during his campaign and his address focused on a 'new era of responsibility.' President Barack Obama's first inauguration ...
Joan Baez performs "We Shall Overcome" at the White House in front of President Barack Obama, at a celebration of music from the period of the civil rights movement. Problems playing this file? See media help. " We Shall Overcome " is a gospel song that is associated heavily with the U.S. civil rights movement.
The Treaty of Tripoli (Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the United States of America and the Bey and Subjects of Tripoli of Barbary) was signed in 1796. It was the first treaty between the United States and Tripoli (now Libya) to secure commercial shipping rights and protect American ships in the Mediterranean Sea from local Barbary pirates.