BALTIMORE (WJZ)—It takes skill to engage a crowd on just words. And for 14-year-old Joshua Campbell, he did just that at WJZ's Black History Oratory Contest. Christie Ileto introduces us to the winner ...

A fourth-grader who delivered a speech about what Martin Luther King, Jr., would have thought about Muhammad Ali's contributions to society has won the 21st annual oratory competition named for the ...

Wesley Stoker of Harry C. Withers Elementary School in Dallas stopped by News 8 Daybreak to give his winning speech from the G ardere MLK Jr. Oratory Competition. Way to go, Wesley! Watch his ...

The hardest part about the whole thing for Ronnie Williams, a 10-year-old full of energy, was remembering what he wanted to say. The words, not the message. He had the message down. The fourth-grader ...

On the half-hour drive from her Sunnyside home to her Fourth Ward school each morning, Tchanori Kone often sees homeless people gathered near downtown highway overpasses. "I wondered why can't they ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- What would Dr. King say to us today about hope for tomorrow? That was the prompt for a Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Contest for CPS 4th and 5th grade students. "The message I wanted ...

Dozens of students from across the state submitted their essays to WJZ's Black History Competition, and last week, 20 finalists read to a panel of judges and an audience of family and friends. The ...

Speech competition honors legacy of late civil rights leader ahead of Inauguration Day DALLAS & HOUSTON & CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The voices of tomorrow resonated with hope and inspiration today as ...

Kenon Brinkley, a 2015 graduate of Andover High School, was named the national champion in original oratory this month at the National Speech and Debate Association National Tournament in Dallas. In ...

When Martin Luther King Jr. spoke, America listened. His legacy is more than his message — it's the power with which it was delivered. Seven teenagers spent Sunday in a Wilmington opera house, ...