Top 100 American Speeches of the 20th centuryWe hope to soon feature all the speeches by women listed below. Compiled by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas A & M University, this list reflects the opinions of 137 leading scholars of American public address. (Full text of news release.) Rank Title Speaker Date Place 1 "I Have a Dream" Martin Luther King, Jr. 28 Aug 1963 Washington, DC 2 Inaugural Address John F. Kennedy 20 Jan 1961 Washington, DC 3 First Inaugural Address Franklin D. Roosevelt 4 Mar 1933 Washington, DC 4 War Message ("A Date which...
