Martin Luther King's Propaganda Speech

The main claim of this speech is that people in the world suppose to share the same civil rights regardless of their ethnicities. The assumption is that racial discrimination will be eliminated from the society and African American will not be treated differently from other Americans in the United States. Martin L. King constructs his argument by pointing out the fact that most African Americans do not feel that they live in the land with freedom and justice; he also repetitively states his aspiration to change the current situation in the American society. The warrant of this speech is that audiences, particularly a certain group of people who have suffered from racial discrimination and American liberals. The speaker presents his desires to the world in order to persuade, encourage African Americans and white liberals to join the civil rights movement and debate for African Americans basic civil rights with opponents. King argues that African American can possess right of …show more content…
The purpose of this speech is to stimulate audiences, especially African Americans who have experienced racial prejudice in their lives. On the one hand, the orator has a doctor degree and he is also the Baptist minister, which makes his words more convincing. On the other hand, it is credible because “I Have a Dream” is a formal speech and it is filled with objective and unbiased ideas.
My research paper evaluates the word choice in propaganda in relation to the issue of racial discrimination. The propaganda speech will support my conclusion that the choice of appropriate words can exhibit the interpersonal and persuasive functions in the propaganda. I will use the secondary sources “Martin Luther King Jr.'s ‘I Have A Dream’ And The Politics Of Cultural Memory: An Apostil,” which examines why Martin L. King’s speech has a profound impression on the collective memory of Americans to support my