Project Summary: English 103: Composition and Critical Thinking Research one of the following famous persuasive moments and describe the circumstances — the historical situation, the issues at stake, the purpose of the argument — that make it so memorable. 1. Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address (1863) 2. Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s “Declaration of Sentiments” at the Seneca Falls Convention (1848) 3. Chief Tecumseh’s address to General William Henry Harrison (1810) 4. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963) 5. Cesar Chavez’s Commonwealth Club Address (1984) 6. Malala Yousafzi’s speech to the United Nations (2013) 7.President Obama’s eulogy in memory of the worshippers killed at the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston (2015)