Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King's 'Give Us The Vote'

When King delivers his speech to his audience, he uses his own beliefs supports his cause for equality. For example, in “Give Us the Vote” he expresses his concern about that majority of people living in Selma is African American and how only “2% is allowed to vote”. He states, “I do not have command of my own life…but it’s determined for me by people who would rather see me suffer than succeed”, showing that King has a strong belief towards freedom as he feels that by gaining the right to vote he is demolishing the oppression that he feels. This shows that King’s belief had taken a role when creating his speeches to show his passion and righteousness for equality. In “Who Murdered Jimmie Lee Jackson?”, Kings voices his belief that those who