Analyzing Mlk's Speech On Racialjustice

Martin Luther King Jr. built his speech around fighting unjust conditions placed on both African Americans and soldiers of the Vietnam war with non-violent protest. King is arguably the best speaker the world has seen, he knows how to get his audience passionate about the problems America faces while also informing them of what causes these problems.

RFK made a speech about MLK and he had to tell everyone that MLK had been shot and killed. The central idea of “On the death of Martin Luther King Jr.” RFK wants us to know that we can all come together and instead of acting in riots and anger we can act in peace like MLK wanted us to. RFK wanted us to know that we can act in peace and come together as one and not fight but be at peace to continue the dream of MLK. The most compelling speech was On the death of Martin Luther King Jr.” speech. I said this speech was most compelling because RFK wanted us to know that we should treat everyone equal.

MLK’s letter was directed toward the Clergymen who criticized his work and ideas, but his audience was geared towards white men in general.

If I were at the Walk on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, MLK’s speech would have had a greater impact on me. In the MLK speech his tone brought in the audience and got them into the speech while in John Lewis’s speech he had the same tone and energy all the way through, so as a demonstrator I would have easily got bored.

Reading MLK’s speech stirred my views on America in the past. Being an immigrant, I never got a complete view on the reasons behind MLK's expressions addressed in his speech, but reading his speech and his word choice, helps me realize why MLK’s words are so precious even in the modern day. MLK uses rhetoric in his speech constantly repeating phrases such as “Now is the time” or “I have a dream”, and I believe this helps readers and listeners to become aware of the cruelty faced by the people MLK addressed. In King Powell’s CNN article, he talks about how a lot of the discrimination still exists to this day. “I can learn from you but you can also learn from me. That is how we do more than tolerate each other. That is how we come to respect

In this week’s lecture the theme of choice was “Minority Experiences”. By far, this is my favorite theme because the readings not only looked at race but other things like disability. Also rather than initially focusing on blacks and whites as a race other races were looked at as well. In “Being a Chink” the Asian side of race was demonstrated and in “Disability” handicapped individuals where looked at as a minority. “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. was a demonstration of one man trying to unite minorities on one front. In his speech Dr. King uses rhetorical devices to appeal to a crowd at large in Washington, DC. Prior to his speech he establishes his ethos in a way because of his life as a pastor. He also engaged in much peaceful

After reading and analyzing Dr.Kings “Remaining Awake during a Revolution” commencement speech that he presented at Oberlin College during his graduation ceremony; he wanted the people to have a good visual on what he was explaining and talking about. King wanted to inform the people about what was going; so he used allusions, statics, and logos.

MLK first establishes an Ethos to strengthen the arguments he is about to use. Since he is writing to religious leaders and scholars, he chooses to quote people they would have read in his letter. He uses the words of the scholars to strengthen what arguments he is making as well as condemn those who are choosing to stand by and allow unjust things to happen. He uses the religious leaders he quotes as a way of saying what he actually means. He is able to say that the laws are unjust by using Thomas Aquinas, “an unjust law is no law at all” is that human laws do not obligate when they bring injury and loss of character on human beings—when they oppress the poor and humble. Oppressive laws, presumably Aquinas taught, can be described as “perversions”

Abraham Lincoln said, “Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.” Our founding fathers created this nation on the principle that everybody is entitled to justice, yet we continue to see inequality in the land of the free and Martin Luther King set out to fix that. “I Have a Dream” by MLK, is by far the more motivating and moving speech; with its figurative language, strong vocabulary, and unlimited determination, MLK makes the audience want to change the injustices that overwhelm the African Americans and earn them their equality. The primary ways Martin Luther King believes they can obtain their

The history of the civil rights is often told on the national scale or following well-known figures and direct-action events such as the sit-in campaign and Rosa Parks’ famous stand on a Montgomery bus. More recently, historians have focused their research on the local level, revealing events that are not prominent, but integral to the larger scale history of civil rights in the United States. Although national power determined the “deliberate speed” of desegregation legislation, local communities determined the actual speed in which they would be enforced. Some communities pressed for immediate social change

The Power of Words “Let freedom ring” Martin Luther King Jr. said as he was giving his life changing speech that would only hope to change the world forever of equality. At this time in history was a hard grind, daily, for the black race, and King’s commentary came with a knock of relief, on the door of America. When in-telling, the style, with the use of rhetorical devices and spoken language, King created a very compelling lecture that would change the life of the Negroes, whites, and more, of the United States, and all over the world. With-in the speech, “I Have a Dream” by Martin Luther King Jr. on August 28, 1963 on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, his purpose was to inform, and while doing that, the content he created: inimaginable.

Today in the United States, we are told that we are one of the best when it comes to having freedom; of course that was not always the case. As a nation, we have come a long way; but unfortunately we still are not all equal. As for 53 years ago, Marin Luther King Jr. was the man trying his best to pave the way for having equal freedoms for everyone, especially blacks. With the letter that MLK wrote, it ended up being more than a letter, but a piece of literature that was eventually published in his book. He is excellent when it comes to his words, he was able to speak his mind and portray his words emotionally. His thoughts were well thought out and written passionately, especially since they were written in a jail cell. This letter started a pivotal movement in the civil rights era, and is something people will always be talking about for years to come.

SP2000-Week 5 Analyzing Persuasive Language Paper Martin Luther King’s speech “I Have a Dream” is the most persuasive speech I have ever heard that was given during a time of so much turbulence, hatred, and violence. Every time I hear it chills go up and down my spine. You might say that his speech to me is a spine-tingler.

Both speeches were moving, evidentially historical and both had a vision for America, both speeches call for action, to achieve the goal to create unity towards a single purpose. However the goals differ from each speech, MLK’s speech looks towards ending racial segregations within the south and Obama’s was directed towards a vision of a better America in general.

In Martin Luther King Jr’s speech, he says “I accept this award on behalf of a civil rights movement which is moving with determination and a majestic scorn for risk and danger to establish a reign of freedom and a rule of justice.” Through this example, the audience sees that King’s motive is “freedom” and “rule of justice”. King is showing his audience that yes, he won the award, but he is accepting it on behalf of the civil rights movement as a whole. While most People make a speech about their accomplishments and all about them, King knows that the world has a long way to go on the subject of peace and is not going to stop until he gets the same rights as anyone else. In addition, King talks about how he finds it intriguing that he is receiving this award on behalf of a movement that “...has not won the very peace and brotherhood which is the essence of the Nobel Prize.” When someone thinks about the Nobel peace prize they think, of course, about peace. King is surprised that he is winning the Nobel peace prize based on his contribution to the civil rights movement when it’s nowhere close to where it should be. On the other hand, Obama has a different role in society than King. Therefore his perspectives will be different than King’s. An example would be when he says, “But as a head of state sworn to protect and defend my nation, I cannot be guided by their examples alone.” In this example, Obama is allowing the audience to see that he isn’t just trying to bring justice