“I HAVE A DREAM” Written By: Momal TahirIQRA University‚ BS (CS) Reg ID: 19077 Email: momaltahirmt@gmail.com In the dark glancing at the sky‚ watching the glowing moon & the shiny stars I wonder & ask to myself. “Did I dream the impossible?” Like all others I also dream but I dream with open eyes & I want to turn my dream into reality. I have a dream to change Pakistan. I have a dream to influence people’s lives in every positive mean I can. I have a dream to spread love and peace
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Dr. Martin Luther King wrote “I Have Seen the Mountaintop.” In the year 1968 In a time where the negroe population was being severely mistreated. King was outraged at this matter and was desperate to make a change. His plan was to unite the negroe community and the American people as one by making them think not what will happen to me if I do this but what will happen to them if I do not. He was fighting for what America was initially founded upon‚ all men are created equal and their inalienable
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Attending the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation‚ I realized that it was my first time attending an event aimed at diversity since being on campus. I think that it was a good way to reintroduce myself to this issue and how the Otterbein campus is taking steps towards working to a more accepting stance. The only problem I had with the event was the way the speaker classified American families into four categories: Bigoted‚ Color-blind‚ Patronizing‚ and Racially Educated. I think that her description
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Tone & Mood Martin Luther Kings’ speech does not have a uniform tone. The speech begins with a disheartening and accusing tone‚ shown by using two different phrases to express the same meaning: ‘five score years’ and ‘one hundred years’. Even though the two phrases both mean a hundred years; ‘five score years’ seems to have a much shorter time span than ‘one hundred years’; as if the date when the Emancipation Proclamation was signed is still vivid in minds‚ but after a hundred years‚ a long period
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Martin Luther King Jr. Speech Critique Delivered on the steps at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28‚ 1963‚ Martin Luther King Junior has what critics deemed as one the greatest speeches of his time. The speech has contributed to him being named Time Magazine’s “Man of the Year” in 1963 and his Noble Peace prize the following year. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist preacher and so he was familiar to public speaking. But what if he was unknown to us as an iconic speaker
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Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ in his ever so memorable speech “I 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
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“I am convinced that if we succumb to the temptation to use violence in our struggle for freedom‚ unborn generations will be the recipients of a long and desolate night of bitterness‚ and our chief legacy to them will be never-ending reign of chaos”. This quote by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr reminds me of current events that are happening in America today. The people of Ferguson‚ Missouri is as an example of this problem. The people have turned to violence because there was no justice for the killing
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Martin Luther King Jr was not just an African-American‚ he was a man against racism. As a kid his best friend was taken from him because of his race. Blacks had less authority than the whites. Also in the Declaration of Independence it states that “ We hold these truths to be self evident‚ that all men are created equal”. Blacks obviously were not treated equally. Martin Luther King was born on January 15‚ 1929‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ to Reverend Martin Luther King (wikipedia.com). At birth Martin
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Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase. Martin Luther King Jr. The first step to any journey is always the hardest. Whether if it is for a completely new beginning or just a slight change within yourself‚ you struggle to not only have faith from within but also in your future. As a child raised in a Seventh-day Adventist household‚ faith has not only become a substantial part of my life but has morphed itself into my being. Erecting this stronghold of faith did
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Martin Luther King was one of the most world renowned civil rights activist. He not only wanted peace between his fellow black people‚ but in the whole nation‚ black and white. Good morning/afternoon Mrs Harding and class‚ today I am here to talk to you about Martin Luther King and how he is an example to all Christians. Martin Luther King was one of the key parts in the civil rights movement. He promoted peace between black and white Americans through his speech ‘I have a dream’. Martin luther
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