Valuable Speeches...

Booker T. Washington's speech, "Cast Down Your Bucket Where You Are" was probably the most interesting article out of the three because I agree with both his thoughts and actions. He wanted both races to come together and work out their differences to get along in society. At first I thought it was weird that he was speaking in such a calm and polite tone because his people had been so degraded and mistreated. This showed me how wise his outlook on life was. He didn't want to get revenge on the white people, rather he wanted to create equality between them. He seemed interesting so I did a quick search on him and was surprised to learn that he went to Franklin High highschool, not to learn but to carry books for James Burroughs's daughters. (http://www.nps.gov/archive/bowa/btwbio.html). If I was turned down an education, and forced to carry other students book then I think my whole "peace process" with the white race would be the exact opposite of Booker T. Washingtons. I'm not saying that is the right way to do it, but I don't think I have the patience that he has to talk things out.
Elizabeth Stanton's "The Solitude of Self" was also interesting. It didn't shock me to find out that women were also degraded and treated differently than men. It was nice to know that things were being done and that a few people were taking steps to change things for the better. The speech itself was long and descriptive so that kinda put me to sleep.. I skipped around here and there to get the idea of what she was saying. Overall it made me realize that womens rights have progressed a lot since back then.
Mr. Abraham Lincoln's "The Gettysburg Address" speech wasn't about anything specefic it just mentioned that all people need to unite and notice how much was sacrificed for the countrys freedom during the Civil War. I felt that this speech wasn't addressing a certain group of people or a certain race, it was addressed to the people of the country....My favorite speech had to be Booker T. Washington's but all three had great depth.