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    Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech speaking to his people to assess the problem of segregation and the unfairness of it all. The promises made saying that they would fix the problem only to snatch it away at the last second or to add some kind of loophole that they could find their way around. His goal was to get the people to join together to come to a peaceful solution a solution that would come about without the violence of

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    a major topic raised in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”‚ where he reached out to white clergymen who had criticized his civil disobedience protest methods as counter-productive. In the letter‚ Dr. King reminded his fellow clergymen that at the time‚ the city of Birmingham‚ Alabama was a pariah of racial injustice‚ having recently elected yet another pro-segregationist mayor. After countlessly being told to “wait” for racial equality to manifest‚ King states that it is necessary

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    When we think about committing a crime‚ we usually perceive the idea of manslaughter or robbery. It is a common idea that the crimes committed is always righteous to the system and that any penalty would have been deserved. However‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ while spending time in jail for a penalty based on an absence of permit to parade in the streets‚ writes a letter demonstrating the injustices in the federal law system and where the flaws take place. Almost 64 years ago‚ segregation was determined

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who stood strong in advocating justice and equality. King believed in nonviolent civil disobedience and wanted to bring an end to the constant racial segregation faced by the blacks in Birmingham‚ Alabama. In April 1963‚ while protesting for struggled equality of the blacks in Birmingham‚ King and the other protestors were arrested and jailed. While serving his jail term‚ King wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” as a retort to the moderate‚ white

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    Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born in Honolulu‚ Hawaii on August 4‚ 1961. His parents names are Ann Dunham and Barack Obama. After his parents divorced in 1971‚ his dad moved to KeEnya‚ and Barack moved to Hawaii with his grandparents.While Barack was in Hawaii with his grandparents‚ his mother and baby sister would live some place else until later they would join him in Hawaii. Barack attended Pohaho school‚ an elite private school. Obama was notn’t raised in a religious family he said “ I was

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    hero to me is not violent‚ but brave and warm hearted. He was the worlds voice for equality. Martin Luther king was a civil rights activist‚ and well known for his actions and services. Dr. king has played a major role in the way our country is shaped today. Although king is well known if you have not been inspired by him after you read this‚ may you be inspired by Martin Luther king’s influential actions. King has outrageous accomplishments considering the era he lived in‚ where blacks had their dignity

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    Compare the philosophies of Martin Luther KingJr. and Malcolm X. how their goals for the African American community similar and/or different? How their strategies for reaching those goals similar and/or different? During the past century there were two influential people Martin Luther KingJr. and Malcolm X who grappled with the problem of inequality between black and white people. They both wanted to bring hope to blacks in the US through their powerful‚ hard-hitting

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    4.05 Comparison/Contrast between Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy Presidents Kennedy and Obama were both men who changed the world when they become won the Presidency. While these men are quite similar‚ they are also very different. Their voices in the inaugural addresses that they both delivered are very influential. There are four factors to consider in comparing and contrasting the inaugural address of both presidents. The aforementioned factors include historical perspective‚ manner of

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    Speeches in which this is observed include "I Have A Dream" by Martin Luther King and "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln which have been valued and remembered throughout time as being historically influential and valued‚ as such‚ as they use the values of their time and audience to inspire‚ persuade and unite the public with their message. Martin Luther King electrified America with his pivotal speech‚ dramatically delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC in 1963

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    that Martin Luther King Jr. used in his speech is “one day even the state of Mississippi‚ a desert state‚ sweltering in the heat of injustice and oppression‚ will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.” I like this one because Mississippi was a horrible state that threatened African Americans‚ but King gave the people hope that even states like that can change. “One hundred years later” is the repetition that I find the most captivating to me. I love this repetition because king uses

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