I Have A Dream Speech Impact

On August 28, 1963, 250 thousand people gathered around the Lincoln Memorial to hear Martin Luther King Jr. deliver his “ I Have A Dream” speech. Today this speech is remembered as one of the best speeches ever given. Martin Luther King Jr. was both a Baptist minister and civil rights activist who aided the cry of equality among the people of the United States. His effective use of persuasive language and rhetoric enabled him to move his audience to open up their minds to see the racial injustices being presented by our communities, and nation. The purposes of his speeches were to inspire change in both whites and blacks. His speech also talked about racial discrimination and injustices of segregation of African Americans. When Martin Luther King Jr. gave the “I
The reason for “I Have a Dream” massive impact is due to the tense social mood of the time and that it reflects the conditions of the time, giving black activists a vision for the future. It struck directly into the hearts of blacks across America, made whites ashamed of their actions and willing to have a new start. This most certainly made society shake to its roots. He first started off with a logical appeal when he said “Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation” (American Rhetoric 1st ¶). Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation to free all slaves. Which was something huge in the United States that was the start of all African Americans freedom. Relief was spread all through out the African Americans. This stood out because all men and women are created equal. King brought back how African Americans started to slowly recover from what all has happened to them by adding about the Emancipation Proclamation but in reality they were still dealing with the same things years