Roberts noted that race and citizenship had been fiercely debated in courts, speeches, Congress and battlefields because of Black Americans’ fight for freedom from slavery.
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ABC News,
ABC News,
2 July 2026
After Starmer spoke, several lawmakers in the House of Commons made emotional speeches about their own experiences.
Stylistically, this encyclopedic catch-all of genres readily segues from sermons and soliloquies to thrilling action sequences and anguished cris de coeur.
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Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 July 2026
This doesn’t mean that sermons are sedating people, said the team.
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