Summary: The last episode in TAH.org's 2017-18 Documents in Detail webinar series, focused on Ronald Reagan's 1964 "A Time for Choosing" speech. Often referred to as "The Speech," is was a persuasive, articulate, and powerful endorsement of then-Republican presidential candidate Senator Barry Goldwater, and despite Goldwater's loss that November, helped to propel Reagan to the forefront of national politics, keeping him in the public eye as he sought and won the governorship of California, went on to unsuccessfully challenge sitting Republican President Gerald Ford for his party's nomination in 1976, and eventually win the presidency in 1980. Access the full episode archive Tunes Podcast Podcast RSS The post Documents in Detail: A Time for Choosing appeared first on Teaching American History.
