All Posts Tagged With: "Franklin D. Roosevelt"
Doc of the Day: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Four Freedoms Message to Congress
On January 6, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivered his Four Freedoms Message to Congress. In the address, Roosevelt made the case for American aid to Great Britain, which was battling for survival against Nazi Germany. He equated the Lend-Lease bill–which would allow Britain to borrow war materials from the United States with the understanding [...]
6Jan2009 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Barry Alfonso on the evolution of political oratory
With the inaugural address of the next president about to be delivered, I can’t help but reflect upon political oratory in general and the old fashioned kind in particular. I don’t mean the sort of folksy speeches Ronald Reagan used to give or even the reassuring talks Franklin D. Roosevelt soothed Depression-era America with. I [...]
29Dec2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: Franklin D. Roosevelt's Pearl Harbor Speech
On December 8, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed both houses of Congress regarding the previous day’s attack by the Japanese air force on the U.S. naval base at Pearl Harbor, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. The attack devastated the U.S. Pacific Fleet in less than two hours. In his address to Congress, Roosevelt [...]
8Dec2008 | mdblogger | 1 comment | Continued
Doc of the Day: FDR's 1936 campaign address at Madison Square Garden
President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s October 31, 1936, campaign speech to a cheering audience in New York City’s Madison Square Garden culminated an aggressive campaign in which the Democratic incumbent drew enormous enthusiastic crowds. The substantive issue in the campaign was whether to continue to go forward with the New Deal reforms, particularly those adopted as [...]
31Oct2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Joan E. Cashin on LBJ and race
In August we observe the anniversary of the Voting Rights Act, signed by President Lyndon Johnson in 1965. The bill, one of the greatest achievements of LBJ’s term, is celebrated for making the suffrage a reality for millions of black voters.
Many people were surprised that Johnson turned out to be so progressive on the issue [...]
Doc of the Day: Social Security Act
On August 14, 1935, President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed the Social Security Act into law. The act created a unique system financed by employer and employee contributions instead of government payments. The Social Security Act provided the first public social safety net for Americans. Whereas old age or unemployment once guaranteed a life of poverty, [...]
14Aug2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued
Doc of the Day: June 25
On June 25, 1941, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued Executive Order 8802, banning discrimination in the government and defense industries. Roosevelt’s order was the first significant presidential action on behalf of African American civil rights since Reconstruction.
25Jun2008 | mdblogger | 0 comments | Continued