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    Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dreamspeech was made in the March On Washington. MLK Jr. emphasizes the importance of the passing of the bill and equal rights to all people by using nonviolent protests as he mentions it in his speech. To help his audience understand his goal‚ Martin Luther King Jr. had used a variety of literary devices. This includes metaphors‚ similes‚ anaphores‚ and allusions. This great significance in his speech makes his speech the best out of John Lewis’s “Patience is

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    Freedom should be given in different ways. Everyone has reasons to be given freedom even me. Do you think should freedom be given? I say yes because‚ everyone has the rights to be given freedom. First I will discuss how freedom was given to us in the Emancipation Proclamation and the Bill of Rights.In the speech “Martin Luther King: I Have A Dream” in lines 4-5‚ Dr. King quoted “five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we stand today signed the Emancipation Proclamation

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    On the twenty-eighth August‚ 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ delivered a speech to over a hundred thousand people‚ on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial‚ known by the name “I Have a Dream.” The diction‚ parallelism‚ and syntax used by

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    To further analyze Martin Luther King Jr’s “I have a dreamspeech‚ one must understand the context of the 1960’s as well as the events leading up to the march on Washington. Two years prior to the March on Washington‚ newly elected President John F. Kennedy spoke to the American people at his inaugural address: “We dare not forget today that we are the heirs of that first revolution…the torch has been passed to a new generation of Americans.” This new generation of Americans protested materialism

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    Luther King became the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama. As Prof. Baldwin from the magazine religious and ethics stated about King “He was able to connect with the spirituality of the people there in Montgomery‚ and I think that’s very‚ very important when you want to pastor people if you want to lead people in a social movement.” (Baldwin 2). After the events that happened on December the 1st 1955‚ where Rosa Parks was arrested in Montgomery Alabama for refusing

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    Bus Boycott of 1955 and founded Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ he delivered his “I Have a Dreamspeech in Washington. Referring to Info Please.com‚ the speech “builds momentum for civil rights legislation‚” and soon after “Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ outlawing segregation in public accommodations and discrimination in education and employment.” Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” is an effective presentation due to the chronological build up‚ repetition of phrases‚ and

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    famous speech equity of man was not a known thing in the United States. But with King’s eye opening speech it became a known issue that the country would work towards fixing. Kings “I Have a Dreamspeech is one of the most memorable speeches of all time and possibly one of the most successful speeches; it made America into what it is today. This speech cost Martin Luther King his life‚ but also mastered the art of persuasion successfully. By Martin Luther King using the rhetorical appeals Pathos

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    In the prominent “I Have a Dreamspeech‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prophesied the reality of our present: “One hundred years later‚ the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” Fifty more years of suffrage‚ pain‚ and deceit would be waved into the African American culture. You are a shackle being dragged through the trenches of a prolonging oppression. Learning about the suffrage individuals go through has taught me to appreciate

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    I Have a Dream” by‚ Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. One of the most inspirational speeches in world “I Have a Dream was giving by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. On August 28‚ 1963‚ on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Mr. King delivered a critical message in front of thousands of people to demand equal rights for racial injustice. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. stood in front of his audience to give his speech; he used so many hearts touching words. Mr

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    Commentary on Martin Luther King‚ Jr.: “I Have a DreamSpeech (1963) On August 28‚ 1963‚ nearly a quarter of million people arrived in the District of Columbia for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In the midst of the days various events and speeches‚ one stood out: Martin Luther King‚ Jr’s speechI Have a Dream”. It is a political text in which he called for racial equality and an end to the discrimination. His oration eclipsed the remarks of all other speakers that day and it is

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