Dorothy Height:
Sound clip:
Experiences in the Civil Rights Movement:
Early activism in Harlem:
Louis Zamperini:
Sound clip:
Reading a letter he wrote to one of his former POW guards in which he forgave the guard:
interview in which he recounts his conversion story after returning from WWII:
Leymah Gbowee:
Sound clip:
Nobel Prize acceptance speech excerpts:
Jane Goodall:
Discussing her “Roots & Shoots” program (begins at around the 1:35 mark):
Herbie Hancock:
UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador acceptance speech (begins at approximately 2:55):
Quincy Jones:
Discussing his Listen Up Foundation:
Mikhail Gorbachev:
Discussing issues of poverty and environmental protection (dubbed over in English, begins at about 1:13):
Aung San Suu Kyi:
Clip from her Nobel lecture:
Video of her address to the 101st session of the International Labour Conference in Geneva (begins at about 3:27):
Norman Borlaug:
Sound clip:
Dalai Lama:
Sound clip:
Rigoberta Menchu Tum
Video of Tum recounting her experiences and her acceptance of the Nobel Peace Prize:
Elie Wiesel:
Sound clip:
Nelson Mandela:
Sound clip:
Shirin Ebadi:
Keynote speech at Peace Studies 40:
Shimon Peres:
Nobel Prize acceptance speech:
Matt Damon:
Sound clip:
Malala Yousafzai:
Sound clip:
Nobel Prize acceptance speech:
Billy Graham:
Remarks on the events of September 11th, 2001 from Washington National Cathedral:
Cesar Chavez:
Voice clip on social change (click link to play):
http://www.chavezfoundation.org/files/media/audio/2/2.swf
Voice clip on “United Farm Workers” (click link to play):
http://www.chavezfoundation.org/files/media/audio/3/3.swf
Coretta Scott King:
The Montgomery Bus Boycott:
The Martin Luther King Center:
Jimmy Carter:
Nobel Prize acceptance speech excerpt:
Marian Wright Edelman:
Sound clips:
Maya Angelou:
Sound clip:
A video in which she discusses the importance of teaching younger generations about history and humility, among other topics:
Maya Lin:
Speaking on the meaning behind her Vietnam Veterans Memorial design:
Richard Branson:
Sound clip:
Discussing his responsibility to philanthropic endeavors as a result of his wealth:
Steven Spielberg:
Discussing his inspiration for and process of creating the Shoah Foundation:
Wangari Maathai:
Clip from her Nobel lecture:
Annie Lennox:
Discussing her SIGN Campaign and how she came to be an HIV/AIDS activist:
John Lewis:
His speech at the 1963 March on Washington:
Kim Dae Jung:
An interview in which he discusses being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, as well as his goal of reunification for North and South Korea:
Kailash Satyarthi:
Sound clip:
Nobel Prize acceptance speech:
Hellen Nkuraiya:
Discussing the challenges and opportunities of education in the Maasai community, as well as her journey to developing a school to help marginalized girls and women receive an education:
Mohammad Yunus:
Sound clip:
Tawakkol Karman:
Nobel Prize acceptance speech excerpts:
Archbishop Desmond Tutu:
http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/?id=1857
Kofi Annan:
http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/index.php?id=705
Mother Teresa:
http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/?id=1852
Neil Armstrong:
http://www.history.com/speeches/neil-armstrong-walks-on-the-moon
Oscar Arias Sanchez:
http://www.nobelprize.org/mediaplayer/?id=1253
Pope Francis:
Video of Pope Francis at the White House
http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000003931783/popes-full-remarks-at-the-white-house.html
Video of Pope Francis on Tolerance
http://www.nytimes.com/video/us/100000003931727/pope-urges-tolerance-in-remarks-.html
