Dr. King's I Have A Dream Speech
Ever hear of something but not really know of it? That’s what it was like for me with these speeches from these important men. I heard all of these speeches before but never took the time to actually sit and analyze and understand everything they were saying. Not only did I read “I have a Dream” by Dr. King, “The Ballot or the Bullet” by Malcolm X, and “We shall overcome” by Lyndon B. Johnson, but I listened to the speeches. I must say I was moved by all of them. Each had a different crowd they were giving their speech to and all were talking about similar topics. I believe the content is influenced by the audience of each speech, I also think that the speeches were just real and the audience needed to hear all that they had to say. Dr. Kings “I have a Dream” speech was delivered August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. The purpose of this speech
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The purpose of this speech was to shed some light and tell the people his point of view that he believes voting was the way to change racial prejudice in the country. In this speech he also talks about religion should be thrown out the window when dealing with social issues. Being as though he was a Muslim man he got a lot if hatred, which wasn’t right. He was also talking to his own kind saying not only do they not like me because of my religion they don’t like any of us because we’re black! He keeps it real in this speech and the audience found his amusing. I do believe his purpose was accomplished when he talked to the people. I believe this speech had such a dramatic effect on society because this guy was speaking facts and it was making sense. The things he was saying was true and at the end of the day he was all for equality. I loved this speech because X stayed true to who he was and still spoke his mind regardless of what anyone felt. That was real and brave of him to
The purpose of this speech was to shed some light and tell the people his point of view that he believes voting was the way to change racial prejudice in the country. In this speech he also talks about religion should be thrown out the window when dealing with social issues. Being as though he was a Muslim man he got a lot if hatred, which wasn’t right. He was also talking to his own kind saying not only do they not like me because of my religion they don’t like any of us because we’re black! He keeps it real in this speech and the audience found his amusing. I do believe his purpose was accomplished when he talked to the people. I believe this speech had such a dramatic effect on society because this guy was speaking facts and it was making sense. The things he was saying was true and at the end of the day he was all for equality. I loved this speech because X stayed true to who he was and still spoke his mind regardless of what anyone felt. That was real and brave of him to