Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King Jr.'s Speech

Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech is one that goes down in the history books because of the impact that it made on the culture in that day. During 1963 racism was rampant, even though you could no longer own slaves the fact was that blacks were being treated still as less than human. King came from a perspective that he just wanted equality between races, it did not matter what color you were, religion, where you were from because in God’s eyes we were all created equal. At the time in history King had the attention of the entire nation with his ability to have peaceful assembly because he knew that violence had not solved the issue in the past. Instead he chose to use his words and remind the people of the values that this country was founded on. He quoted the Declaration of Independence reminding them that ALL men are created equal in the sight of God our creator. King did not try to excite or fill the people he was speaking to with negative emotion because he knew that there had already been too much prejudice in the world already. King wanted to start over and use the platform as an avenue to unite one another. He believed that no matter the state, that not even Mississippi or Alabama was too far from allowing the prejudices they carried to fall to the wayside. His way of thinking was very …show more content…
He gives examples of places that can come to a place where there can be restoration, while also showing where they are at right now. He uses the phrase, “I have a dream” to show that in order to see something achieved that you must first place the dream in your heart, and work toward that dream to see it come to pass. King thought not only of himself, but he thought of his children and the future generations of this country. This was not an issue that was only important to him, but an entire part of the country was being persecuted for the way they