Bicentennial youth debates - PSA from 1975

Genre: public service announcement

Description: Bicentennial youth debates - PSA from 1975 Description from the US Department of Education: "Bicentennial Youth Debates (BYD) was a national program developed by the Speech Communication Association and supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. The nine issues which constitute the BYD topics were the American Issues Forum monthly topics: A Nation of Nations, The Land of Plenty, Certain Unalienable Rights, A More Perfect Union: The American Government, Working in America, The Business of America, America in the World, Growing Up in America, and Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness." From a 16mm print

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America is a product of its use they would spark a revolution and they would establish debate as the trademark of a working democracy James Monroe was 19 Alexander Hamilton and James Madison were in their early twenties when the declaration was signed [Music] young people traditionally have been in the vanguard effecting change in this land today's youth through Bicentennial Youth debates carry on the tradition of studying vital issues and testing alternatives critical to America's future you can give the Bicentennial Youth debates the support and audiences they deserve contact your school principal the college president our write debates box forty eight seventy eight Washington DC debate the language of democracy

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