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Speech Topics This page is designed to provide the student with 'idea maps' toward the selection of specific purposes and main claims related to topics relevant to multicultural and persuasive speech assignments. Below are topics chosen by previous students of public address/speech. |
| Multicultural Topics - Texas | Multicultural Topics - Louisiana |
Persuasive Topics |
| Aaron "T-Bone" Walker | Acadian Cultural Society | Abortion |
| Alan Ross Texas Freedom Parade | Alfred Mouton | Affirmative Action |
| Arlington Fourth of July Parade | African American Youth Congress | Animal Rights |
| Austin City Limits Festival | Angola | Campus Issues - Athletics |
| Austin Reggae Festival | Arcadia Possum Festival | Campus Issues - Dating |
| Autumn Trails Festival | Arcadian Architecture | Campus Issues - Greek Life |
| Ballpark in Arlington | Avery Island | Campus Issues - Student Fees |
| Big State Festival | Black History Month | Campus Issues - Student Funding |
| Billy Bob's Texas | The Blarney Stone | Campus Issues - Student Govt. |
| Bluebird Festival | Bonnie & Clyde Trade Days | Campus Issues - Student Life |
| Bogota Rodeo | The Bouligny Family | Campus Issues - Technology |
| Bonnie & Clyde | Cajun Culture | Capital Punishment |
| Brook Hill School | Cane River | Civil Liberties |
| Burkeville, Texas | Cheyenne Frontier Days | Conservatism |
| Burnet Bluebonnet Festival | The Chitimacha Indians | Creationism |
| Caldwell Zoo | Christmas on the Bayou | Crime/Punishment |
| Canton First Mondays | Church Point Buggy Festival | Drug Legalization |
| Carol of Lights (Texas Tech) | City of Ponchatoula | The Economy |
| Carrollton High School Baseball | Clementine Hunter | Education |
| Catalpa Worm Festival | Cochon de Lait | The Environment |
| Chandler Pow Wow | Colfax Pecan Festival | Euthanasia |
| Chigger Festival | Contraband Days | Feminism |
| Cinco de Mayo | Courrir de Mardis Gras | First Amendment Issues |
| Clear Lake Christmas Boat Parade | Crawfish Festival | Foreign Policy |
| Coffee Landing Restaurant | Creole Culture | Fourth Amendment Issues |
| Como-Pickton HS Tractor-cade | Creole Heritage Day Celebration | Gambling/Gaming |
| Conroe Cajun Catfish Festival | Dulac Fall Arts & Crafts Festival | Gun Control |
| Custom Sounds TX Heatwave Car Show | Emiliano Zapata | Health/Care/Fitness |
| Dallas Baseball Academy of Texas | Essence Music Festival | Human Cloning |
| Dallas Cowboys | FrancoFete | Human Rights |
| Dalton Days | French Quarter Festival | The Internet |
| Delta Gamma Eta Xi - UT Tyler Ch. | Germantown Colony | Lifestyles |
| Don Meredith | Grand Mamou's Zydeco and Blues Festival | Media Ethics |
| Dogwood Trails Festival | The Gueydan Duck Festival | Medical Ethics |
| Earl Campbell | Henry Watkins Allen | Multiculturalism |
| East Texas Poultry Festival | Herb Fest of Louisiana | National Security |
| East Texas State Fair | Hot Tamale Festival | Organ Donation |
| East Texas Yamboree | Huey P. Long | Politics |
| Eddie Deen & Company | Isabella the Ghost | Race Relations |
| Edgewood Historical Park | Jimmie Davis | Religion and Spirituality |
| Farm City Week | La Farm Bureau | Social/Community Identity |
| Fiesta Night In Old San Antonio | La Quinceanera | Sports (College, Professional) |
| Fire Ant Festival | Let the Good Times Roll Black Arts Festival | Stem Cell Research |
| First Monday Trades Day Weekend | Loyd Hall Plantation | Terrorism |
| First Saturday SideWalk Sale | Louisiana! | Tobacco |
| Fort Concho | Louisiana Cherokee's Thanksgiving | Welfare |
| Fort Hood | Louisiana Folk Life Festival | Women's Issues |
| Frontier Camp | Louisiana Fur and Wildlife Festival | |
| Fun Wheeler Park | Louisiana Pecan Festival | |
| Galveston Mardi Gras | Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame | |
| Gene Stallings | Louis Prima | |
| Gilmer Yamboree | The Louisiana Purchase | |
| George Walker Bush | Madam C.J. Walker | |
| Gladewater Round-up Rodeo | Marthaville "Good Ole Days" Festival | |
| Great Texas Balloon Race | Martinique Natives | |
| Greek Food Festival | Mcleod Bethune | |
| Greg County Historical Museum | Melrose Plantation | |
| Gruene Hall | Mudbug Madness Festival | |
| Hallsville Bobcat Belles | Natchez Juneteenth Celebration | |
| Hallsville Western Day Festival | Natchez Pilgrimage | |
| Hank Williams, Jr. | Natchitoches | |
| Henderson Heritage Soup Festival | Natchitoches Springfest Arts & Crafts Show | |
| Heritage Days Festival | New Boston/DeKalb Football Game | |
| HGTV Dream Home Giveaway | New Orleans | |
| Hogmanay | New Orleans French Quarter | |
| Hopkins County Fall Festival | N.O. Jazz and Heritage Festival | |
| Hopkins County Stew Contest | Northwestern State University | |
| Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo | Nottoway Plantation | |
| Houston Super Chevy Show | The Olla Centennial Celebration | |
| (Capt.) Joseph Dawson | Ormond Plantation | |
| Jacksonville Tomato Festival | Peach Festival | |
| Journey of Hope | Plaquemines Parish Fair and Orange Festival | |
| Journey thru Jerusalem | Rayne Frog Festival | |
| Kappa Delta Sorority | Red Ribbon Walk | |
| Kay Bailey Hutchinson | Red River Campaign | |
| Kemp High School Basketball | Red River Revel | |
| Kiel Sailing Festival | Rice Festival | |
| Kilgore Rangerettes | Saint Louis Cemetery | |
| Killough Monument | Greenwood Leflore | |
| LBJ Space Center | Soul Bowl | |
| Leslie Cochran | Shreveport Mardi Gras | |
| Lindale Countryfest | Steel Magnolias | |
| Lions Club Balloon Festival | Strawberry Festival | |
| Little River Fair & Rodeo | TABASCO | |
| Love's Lookout | The Troyville Mounds | |
| Luling Watermelon Thump | Uncle Earl's Hog Dog Trials | |
| Mall of America | The "Walk to Emus" | |
| Marfa's Mystery Lights | Washington Parish Free Fair | |
| Martin's Mill Basketball | Winn Parish Forest Festival | |
| Mayfest Celebration | Yoruba Traditions | |
| McKinney Boyd Varsity Football | Zydeco Music | |
| Menger Hotel | ||
| Medieval Times Dinner & Tournament | ||
| Mike Carter Field | ||
| Miss Tyler USA Pageant | ||
| Montgomery Cajun Catfish Festival | ||
| Montgomery Texas | ||
| Mt. Enterprise Head Start Program | ||
| Nacogdoches | ||
| Nacogdoches Heritage Festival | ||
| Neal McCoy | ||
| Neches River Festival | ||
| New Birmingham | ||
| New Braunfels | ||
| New Boston's Pioneer Days | ||
| New London School Explosion | ||
| Night in 'Ole San Antonio | ||
| Nolan Ryan | ||
| Noonday Onion Festival | ||
| Overton Blue Grass Festival | ||
| Pasadena Strawberry Festival | ||
| Piano Wellness Seminar | ||
| Pioneer Day Celebration | ||
| Pine Cove Christian Camps | ||
| Polish Immigrant History in Texas | ||
| Prosper Centennial Celebration | ||
| Purple Hull Pea Festival (AK) | ||
| Red River County | ||
| Red River Shootout | ||
| Richard King | ||
| Roughneck Days Festival | ||
| San Jacinto Monument | ||
| Selena Quintanilla-Perez | ||
| Show 'N' Shine Charity Car Show | ||
| South by Southwest Music Festival | ||
| Spring Ho Festival | ||
| State Fair Classic (PVA&M vs. GSU) | ||
| State Fair of Texas | ||
| Stevie Ray Vaughan | ||
| Sulphur Springs Dairy Pageant | ||
| Tomball German Heritage Festival | ||
| Texas A&M Aggie Bonfire | ||
| TAPPS State Track Meet | ||
| Texas Chainsaw Massacre | ||
| Texas Gator Fest | ||
| Texas Governor's Inaugural Ceremony | ||
| Texas H.S. Women's Powerlifting | ||
| Texas High School Football | ||
| Texas Lottery | ||
| Texas Renaissance Festival | ||
| Texas Rice Festival | ||
| Texas Rose Festival | ||
| Texas State Fair | ||
| Texas State Forest Festival | ||
| Texas State Railroad | ||
| Texas Syndicate | ||
| The Big Thicket | ||
| Toledo Bend Lake | ||
| Troy Aikman | ||
| WC County Stew Contest | ||
| While Buffalo Festival | ||
| Wise County Old Settler's Reunion | ||
| Wonderland of Lights | ||
| University of Texas Longhorn Football | ||
| USS Lexington Museum on the Bay | ||
| UT Tyler Softball | ||
| XIT Ranch | ||
| Youth Evangelism Conference | ||
| Zilker Park | ||
Links to Speech Topic and Information Sites
AmericanRhetoric.com: News and Information Index
Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies
Public Agenda Online Issues & Answers
[Speech Fundamentals] [Advanced Public Speaking]
© Copyright 1998-2008.
Michael E. Eidenmuller.
Department of Communication.
The University of Texas at Tyler. All rights reserved.