King’s speech, nonetheless, did not just reach out to Americans. People all over the world were affected by his speech and he would soon set off a worldwide movement for racial emancipation and for an end to segregation. They became moved by his valid points of the injustice that was appointed at African Americans. Americans were moved by the nonviolence and peacefulness that King preached and how …show more content…
effective it was.
His speech addressed how although slavery in the United States ended in the late 19th century, institutionalized racism was still oppressing African Americans decades later.
He spoke of how unfairly blacks were treated and how it went against what our nation was all about: equality. His strong leadership and unprecedented power of speech is what made his infamous “I Have a Dream” so unforgettable.
In his “I Have a Dream” speech King used an abundant amount of rhetorical devices to give emphasis to what he was saying. For example, King repeats in his speech the words “I have a dream” at the beginning of a phrase multiple times. This is known as an anaphora. He also does this by repeating “Let freedom ring” at the beginning of his phrases towards the end of his speech to emphasize the point of having equality for people everywhere; whether it be the snow-capped Rockies of Colorado, the Stone Mountain of Georgia, the Lookout Mountain of Tennessee, or from every hill and molehill of
Mississippi.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the foremost paramount voices of the civil rights movement. His “I Have a Dream” speech was a passionate call for an end to the racial segregation and discrimination that was occurring at the time. His speech outlined a desire for a country where freedom did ring, and where people were judged for the content of their character, not for the color of their skin. Now, over 50 years later, Americans of every race are buoyant to celebrate this man who changed our country forever on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.