Preface: an overview of public address, 1976-1977
Keynote address / Barbara Jordan
The inaugural address / Jimmy Carter
A Biblical faith for a president / Paul Moore, Jr.
The third presidential debate / Gerald R. Ford, Jimmy Carter
Broadcast journalism: serving the democratic process / Julian Goodman
Televised debates / Lowell Weicker, Jr.
In pursuit of equality in adademe: new themes and dissonant chords / Eleanor Holmes Norton
Women and equality under the law / Elizabeth Holtzman
Searching for new solutions to poverty / Robert S. McNamara
Meeting world food needs / John A. Hannah
Energy problems / Jimmy Carter
Human rights and the foreign policy / Cyrus R. Vance
Beginnings / Daniel J. Boorstin
Let candles be brought / Sol M. Linowitz
The uses of adversity / Glenn A. Crosby
Faith that enlivens the mind / Krister Stendahl
Language and the lived world / Wallace A. Bacon
The tall ships / Francis B. Sayre, Jr.
Bicentennial of American independence / Warren E. Burger ; Carl Albert ; Nelson A. Rockefeller ; Gerald R. Ford.