These two modes together help persuade people that whites have broken their promises to blacks. King says that blacks were given “a bad check,” a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds” despite the “promissory note” of the “Constitution and Declaration of Independence”. King mentions that racial equality can only be achieved until “justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” This causes the audience to think that racial segregation is against morale values. The one example of logos in his speech is when he mentions the Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln signed 100 years before. The Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves free and that blacks were to no longer to be treated like property. King utilizes this piece of evidence to show that even Lincoln, one of the most respected men in US history, supported the freeing of blacks, forming an ethos appeal through the logos of Lincoln’s Emancipation
These two modes together help persuade people that whites have broken their promises to blacks. King says that blacks were given “a bad check,” a check which has come back marked “insufficient funds” despite the “promissory note” of the “Constitution and Declaration of Independence”. King mentions that racial equality can only be achieved until “justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.” This causes the audience to think that racial segregation is against morale values. The one example of logos in his speech is when he mentions the Emancipation Proclamation that Lincoln signed 100 years before. The Emancipation Proclamation declared slaves free and that blacks were to no longer to be treated like property. King utilizes this piece of evidence to show that even Lincoln, one of the most respected men in US history, supported the freeing of blacks, forming an ethos appeal through the logos of Lincoln’s Emancipation