During the 1960’s African Americans civil rights were being challenged. Although, they constitutionally already had the right to speak, vote, and equality they were not treated as if they had it. Black voters were kept off of the voting rolls, and voting booths, and did not speak due to intimidation and fear. Everyone had a voice, but not many had the courage to speak on the topic of segregation, until the year 1963 when a battle of segregation arose. On January 14, 1963 Governor George Wallace said his inaugural address “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever” Speech in Montgomery, Alabama, fighting to keep the whites and blacks segregated. Six months later Martin Luther King said his “I Have A Dream” speech at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial
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King was the voice on behalf of all minorities neglected of their civil rights because no one spoke up due to fear of what could happen to them. King expressed himself, not with empty words, but with his heart. According to the speech “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King, King himself states, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (King 18). In other words, King is emotionally relating with the audience by getting personal with them sharing his own hopes and dreams for his kids to one day live in a world where a person is judged for who they are as a person, not because of the color of their skin. Many people throughout the nation listening to Kings speech had children making them emotionally relate to what king is saying. He is showing that he truly cares about the future of the nation in which the children will grow up …show more content…
The whites lived in fear as the African Americans fought for equality because they did not want to desegregate. Wallace invited the African Americans to work with them, but separated each on their own racial side. According to the speech “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever” by George Wallace, Wallace himself states, “We invite the Negro citizens of Alabama to work with us from his separate racial station… as we will work with him… to develop, to grow in individual freedom and enrichment. We want jobs and a good future for BOTH races…” (Wallace 13). In other words, Wallace has no problem working with the African Americans as long as they remain segregated, each to their own racial side. He is inviting them to work together to make a better future for their own race. They both want a good job, and a good future, but have different ideologies of
King was the voice on behalf of all minorities neglected of their civil rights because no one spoke up due to fear of what could happen to them. King expressed himself, not with empty words, but with his heart. According to the speech “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King, King himself states, “I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character” (King 18). In other words, King is emotionally relating with the audience by getting personal with them sharing his own hopes and dreams for his kids to one day live in a world where a person is judged for who they are as a person, not because of the color of their skin. Many people throughout the nation listening to Kings speech had children making them emotionally relate to what king is saying. He is showing that he truly cares about the future of the nation in which the children will grow up …show more content…
The whites lived in fear as the African Americans fought for equality because they did not want to desegregate. Wallace invited the African Americans to work with them, but separated each on their own racial side. According to the speech “Segregation Now, Segregation Forever” by George Wallace, Wallace himself states, “We invite the Negro citizens of Alabama to work with us from his separate racial station… as we will work with him… to develop, to grow in individual freedom and enrichment. We want jobs and a good future for BOTH races…” (Wallace 13). In other words, Wallace has no problem working with the African Americans as long as they remain segregated, each to their own racial side. He is inviting them to work together to make a better future for their own race. They both want a good job, and a good future, but have different ideologies of