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In this annual issue of The Reference Shelf, we look at some of the best, most impactful, and most uplifting speeches from 2021-2022. Ranging from politicians to political activists to celebrities, this volume of The Reference Shelf provides a unique record of American culture during the year as seen through the eyes of some of the nation's most important public figures. With an eye toward encompassing a diversity of perspectives, speeches will help provide a glimpse of American thought and attitudes on the year's most important stories.