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A Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Speech

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Samuel Nicolas
Debrianne Hohstadt
Honors English- 4A
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November 20, 2014 Color the future; A Rhetorical analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” Speech – World equality. Amazing athletes from all across the world can now participate in our Olympic games equally. Discrimination is no longer as big as an issue as it was on June 11, 1936. Dr. King used the imagination of the public to present the problem of racism in the United States. Martin Luther King (MLK) was a civil rights activist. His speech “I Have a Dream,” Was one for the books. His speech explained how racism gets us nowhere. He used metaphors that let your mind imagine what it would have been like as a black person when he was alive. He wanted freedom and equality for all. His actions and speeches have gone down as the, “Greatest demonstration for freedom in history.” He made America realize that this was not fair and equality is vital for peace. MLK was a strong man who never gave up on his dream and …show more content…

His speech “I Have a Dream,” was delivered to approximately 250,000 people who came to Washington, DC, to march for the civil rights act. Of the estimated 250,000 people who attended 60,000 were white. People came from all across the country, and a few arrests were made. Dr. King was one of the ten who gave a speech that day whom all were males, the event was originally called “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.” His famous speech was presented at the Lincoln Memorial. On August 28, 1963 MLK organized a now historic march to Washington to show the importance of solving the United States racial problems. His words: “I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their

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