The Voices of Democracy Project* promotes the study of great speeches
and public debates in the humanities undergraduate classroom. The project is designed to
provide reliable, authenticated primary texts and contextual and interpretive materials under
seven deliberative topics: Citizenship, Civil Rights, Freedom of Speech, Religion and Public Life,
Social and Economic Justice, U.S. Internationalism, and War and Peace. In the process of
reinvigorating the humanistic study of U.S. oratory, the Voices of Democracy Project aims to foster understanding of the nation's principles and history and to promote civic
engagement among today's undergraduate students. The Voices of Democracy Project represents a collaborative and interdisciplinary project involving scholars from Baylor
University, Penn State University, and University of Maryland, College Park. Results of the project will be freely available to the public on-line (at www.voicesofdemocracy.umd.edu) beginning in spring of 2009.
* NEH Sponsored Project (2005-2009), Teaching and Learning Resources and Curriculum Development--Materials Development Grant