Martin Luther King Jr Speech

Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He died on April 4, 1968. The sermons and speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., mirrored the southern black preaching that covered his childhood in Atlanta. As a boy, he witnessed many occasions when his dad and mom refused to be intimidated by segregationist policies. His parents are always linked their resistance to moral values. Kings first speech to an audience was his “Give us the Ballot” during the prayer pilgrimage to Washington D.C., in May, 1957. In Washington
In 1963, his “I Have a Dream” speech reflected the uncertain about the Birmingham campaign, recently completed, black leaders had obtained an agreement with local officials. King recognized himself the dual and sometimes
His speeches were shaped by his background, his education, and his distinctive synthesis Of Gandrian nonviolence and the black religious experience. More than 50 years after its delivery Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s famous refrain of “I Have a Dream”. In order to fully appreciate the magnitude of king’s 1963 speech at the march on Washington, we must first understand the context of its delivery. King spoke of an America whose black population was sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation. To this end, king helped organize an political Rally in the nation’s capital in August, along with five other prominent civil rights leaders (Yan 1)

On August 28, roughly 250,000 protesters gathered in front of the Lincoln Memorial. By late afternoon, the marchers had begun to fade in the oppressive summer heat. The months leading up to August 28, 1963, had been tumultuous for king. Not only had he been the victim of multiple death threats and attempts on his life, but he had also attracted fierce opposition from within the civil-rights movement himself. King introduced a number of biblical allusions,