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LIZ MUNSELL: Today we're inaugurating a sculpture by the Argentinian-born, London-based artist, Amalia Pica. It's called "Now, Speak!" It's a cast concrete lectern, that's a platform for the public's voice and for invited speakers today. Most of them are addressing civil rights issues through their speeches which they've chosen from history. The only requirement of the piece is that the speaker must choose a speech by somebody who has different physical characteristics from them. That way there's an element of displacement and interpretation of history over time.
The following is a transcript of Walter Carrington's January 20, 2014 reading of an excerpt from Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, as part of…
The following is a transcript of Mayor Marty Walsh's opening remarks during the Museum of Fine Art's Martin Luther King, Jr. Open House on January 20…
The following is a transcript of Jeremy Thompson's January 20, 2014 reading of John F. Kennedy's inaugural address, as part of Amalia Pica’s Now…
The following is a transcript of Jimmy Tingle's January 20, 2014 reading of The Most Durable Power and The Power of Nonviolence, two speeches by…
The following is a transcript of Elle Simmons' January 20, 2014 reading of Robert Kennedy's A Speech on Race, as part of Amalia Pica’s Now, Speak…
The following is a transcript of Sam Jones' January 20, 2014 reading of Hillary Clinton's Women’s Rights Are Human Rights speech, as part of Amalia…
The following is a transcript of Elizabeth George's January 20, 2014 reading of Harvey Milk’s The Hope Speech, as part of Amalia Pica’s Now, Speak…
The following is a transcript of Audrey Ruano's January 20, 2014 reading of Sayeeda Warsi’s speech, An International Response to a Global Crisis, as…