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    September 2013 Response to “I Have a Dream…” I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be a Black American during this time because of the huge difference Martin Luther King Jr. has made. Even though I never experienced this era‚ I can feel the hatred and mistreatment that racism has caused to black people through this speech. I can sense the urgency to have equal rights‚ because Martin Luther is clearly speaking from his heart‚ his own feelings. The way he starts his speech is really clever‚ it begins

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    Luther King‚ Jr.‚ in his ever so memorable speechI Have A Dream” utilizes allusions to historically significant documents such as Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and Jefferson’s Declaration of Independence in order to prove the point that America was originally based off of all men being treated equally‚ yet not all civil rights are given to the African Americans. King is trying to truly convince all Americans‚ not just the audience listening to the speech in Washington‚ that African Americans should

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    Introduction The speechI have a dream’ is one of the most memorable speeches of all the times. This meaningful emotional speech was delivered by Dr.Martin Luther King Jr‚ on 28 August 1963. He delivered it from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial‚ in Washington‚ D.C. during the massive “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom” In this speech Martin Luther King called for racial equality and an end to discrimination since Afro Americans were deprived of their rights even equal right were given them

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    Nelson Mandela’s inaugural address was delivered outdoors in an amphitheatre on 10th May 1994 at the Union Buildings‚ South Africa. The Union Buildings housed the first democratically elected‚ first black and first equal president of South Africa. This historic event was attended by politicians and dignitaries from over 140 countries all over the world‚ such as Bill Clinton‚ the President of the United States at the time‚ and John Mayor‚ British PM at the time. This address was to show that after

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    I Have a Dream” Rhetorical Analysis Activist‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ in his speech essay‚ “I Have a Dream‚” argues a point to end racism in the United States. Martin Luther King’s purpose represents hope that the black people could enjoy the same rights pursuing equal‚ freedom‚ and happiness‚ such as equivalent status and civic rights‚ the right to vote and the right to be elected. He adopts insistent tone in order to convince African Americans to not give up their support to end the racism in

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    Period 7 “I Have A DreamSpeech Rhetorical Analysis On August 28‚ 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. delivered what would become perhaps the most brilliant and powerful speech in American history. This speech took place in Washington‚ D.C in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial where hundreds of thousands of black and white Americans gathered to hear MLK make history. In his speechMLK frequently called for an immediate end to segregation‚ and spoke of the injustices that blacks have faced in their

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    nation to accept expansion of federal power. Roosevelt recognized that the programs he was about to introduce for congressional legislative action to relieve the dire effects of the Great Depression were unprecedented in peacetime. In his 1933 inaugural address Roosevelt stated: "Our Constitution is so simple and practical that it is possible always to meet extraordinary needs by changes in emphasis and arrangement without loss of essential form. That is why our constitutional system has proved itself

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    Significance of Washington’s Farewell Address and Jefferson’s First Inaugural Address George Washington and Thomas Jefferson were the first and the third president‚ respectively. Both were great at being presidents in their own ways. In George Washington’s Farewell Address he advised Americans to not get entangled within foreign countries’ problems and conflicts and to not have permanent alliances and treaties‚ and also to not have different political parties‚ and he also stressed the importance

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    In 1963‚ a speech was given to over 200‚00 people In Washington D.C. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s most famous speech‚ his I Have A Dream Speech. One big significant part of his speech was the amount of imagery‚ which was used in half of the speech. Imagery was used throughout his speech to depict both the hardships African Americans have faced and also the future they hope to achieve. He uses vivid nature imagery in order to allow the masses to understand and relate to his ideas in yet a simple‚ but

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    were soon put into place to lessen the heavy load the Great Depression created‚ but America would not fully recover until after 1939. Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivered his first inaugural address as the thirty-second president of the United States on March 4‚ 1933. The first inaugural address is a monumental speech. America reached a dark place in history and Roosevelt wanted to revive their spirits ("Franklin D. Roosevelt’s First Inauguration‚

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