Name and Affiliation

Judy Santacaterina, Northern Illinois University
Harry Bodell, Northern Illinois University
Jessica Bozeman, Northern Illinois University

Article Title

1990 - 1999: Examining how the Interstate Oratorical Contest Closed Out the 1900s

Abstract

This paper examines the top six speeches presented each year during the 1990s at the Interstate Oratorical Contest. Our purpose is to explore how these speeches reflected the political, social, economic and cultural climate of the time as well as the changes our discipline was experiencing in the final decade of the millennium.

Recommended Citation

Santacaterina, J., Bodell, H., & Bozeman, J. (2020). 1990 - 1999: Examining how the Interstate Oratorical Contest Closed Out the 1900s. National Forensic Journal, 37(1). https://doi.org/10.56816/0749-1042.1017