What do these folks have in common? We’ll let you know later this week.

President John F. Kennedy

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

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Credit: El Diamante High School Web Design

President Ronald Reagan

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Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice

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Credit: Mental Floss

Eva Perón, First Lady of Argentina from 1946 to 1952

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Credit: YouBioIt.com

Labor and Community Organizer Mary Harris Jones “Mother Jones”

Mother Jones

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Comedian and talk show host Conan O’Brien

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Credit: Jason R. Henske/Associated Press

Comedian and talk show host Ellen Degeneres

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Credit: Business Insider, Inc.

Media Mogul and former Talk Show Host Oprah Winfrey

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Credit: My Urban Report

Find out this week as we learn about what makes it takes to make a great speech when we talk to speechwriter and professor Robert Lehrman and move in to exploring word choice.

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