Many great speeches have been said by very good orators in last few decades, but few of them had the effect like Martin Luther King, Jr. had on his audience with “I Have A Dream” speech. But when he made the “Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break Silence” speech on April 4, 1967, it was not recognized and given full appreciation but it was just as compelling as his “I Have A Dream”.
The speech “Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break Silence” was a conviction speech addressing about what was going on in Vietnam, how America's focus was then directed toward the war, how the government was drafting poor black and white men, consequences Vietnamese people had to suffer because of America’s morally lacked policy. He was speaking about how the war in Vietnam had intervened in the plans of America and he, as an African American, thought even though war was going on, he felt strongly that the fight for Civil Rights had to …show more content…
Bennett, Dr. Commager, and Rabbi Heschel, and some of the distinguished leaders and personalities of our nation"( ) and when he uses his status as a preacher in statement “Since I am a preacher by calling, I suppose it is not surprising that I have seven major reasons for bringing Vietnam into the field of my moral vision.( )" He also speaks of Langston Hughes, someone of great importance when he says, "In a way we were agreeing with Langston Hughes, that black bared of Harlem, who had written earlier: “O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, and yet I swear oath America will be”( ) And if that didn’t convince his audience he spoke of God and what God thinks in this line: "Beyond the calling of race or nation or creed is this vocation of son ship and brotherhood, and because I believe that the Father is deeply concerned especially for his suffering and helpless and outcast children, I come tonight to speak for
The speech “Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break Silence” was a conviction speech addressing about what was going on in Vietnam, how America's focus was then directed toward the war, how the government was drafting poor black and white men, consequences Vietnamese people had to suffer because of America’s morally lacked policy. He was speaking about how the war in Vietnam had intervened in the plans of America and he, as an African American, thought even though war was going on, he felt strongly that the fight for Civil Rights had to …show more content…
Bennett, Dr. Commager, and Rabbi Heschel, and some of the distinguished leaders and personalities of our nation"( ) and when he uses his status as a preacher in statement “Since I am a preacher by calling, I suppose it is not surprising that I have seven major reasons for bringing Vietnam into the field of my moral vision.( )" He also speaks of Langston Hughes, someone of great importance when he says, "In a way we were agreeing with Langston Hughes, that black bared of Harlem, who had written earlier: “O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, and yet I swear oath America will be”( ) And if that didn’t convince his audience he spoke of God and what God thinks in this line: "Beyond the calling of race or nation or creed is this vocation of son ship and brotherhood, and because I believe that the Father is deeply concerned especially for his suffering and helpless and outcast children, I come tonight to speak for