Checkers Speech

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Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Politics

Dates

Date of occurrence 1952-09-23

Places

United States (Location)

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On national television, Richard M. Nixon, the Republican vice presidential candidate, explains that an $18,000 private fund set up by wealthy supporters was necessary to fight and expose communism. He added that he had received another gift, a cocker spaniel that his daughters had named Checkers.

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Checkers Speech". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 March 2010 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=11058, accessed 18 April 2024.]

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