Martin Luther King Jr’s speech “I have a dream” was given amongst more than two hundred and fifty thousand people of all ages, genders, and races at the nation’s capital on August 28th, 1963. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for the civil rights of all men of color keeping faith that one day everyone will come together and form as one. During this long and distinct period, there was segregation and separations between white and black and black skin colored people. Black skin colored people were not allowed to use anything the white skin colored people could for example white skin colored people had the right to use restrooms, restaurants, and gain education from schools while the black skin colored people didn’t have any rights that the
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“Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” Martin Luther King was referring to America’s sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln was responsible for abolishing slavery through signing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Dr. Martin Luther King also referred to the founding fathers naming them the “architects of our republic”. The architects that he referred to are: George Washington, James Madison, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry. Martin Luther King refers to them more importantly because he is proving that the nation was not built on segregation and inequality. He uses the credibility of these men to make his point of view stronger. There is no other man that one could quote better than the founding fathers. The founding fathers were on how they wanted this nation to be ruled. There’s no reason why segregation has become an issue, when it clearly states that all men should be treated equal. While these are the sources, Dr. Martin Luther King used to justify his point of views, he unintentionally sets himself up as an authority figure. Martin Luther King’s experience earns him the respect necessary to gain the people’s attention. He was arrested in Birmingham, AL, for hatred of court and parading without a permit and had come to Birmingham in an attempt to integrate …show more content…
King wrote this speech from what he experienced and witnessed first handedly. He clearly experienced the captivity just as everyone else did; that is clear with his selection of the pronoun: “we”. “…We must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.” Evidently, if black people were not entitled to their rights, then they weren’t free. He also states how the nation has gone back on its word in the promissory note: the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. “It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.” Since people’s skin color is involved with rights, America has evaded the meaning of both the documents that grant men the rights. No man’s skin color should ever be the reason he/she is not granted
“Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation.” Martin Luther King was referring to America’s sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln. President Lincoln was responsible for abolishing slavery through signing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863. Dr. Martin Luther King also referred to the founding fathers naming them the “architects of our republic”. The architects that he referred to are: George Washington, James Madison, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, and Patrick Henry. Martin Luther King refers to them more importantly because he is proving that the nation was not built on segregation and inequality. He uses the credibility of these men to make his point of view stronger. There is no other man that one could quote better than the founding fathers. The founding fathers were on how they wanted this nation to be ruled. There’s no reason why segregation has become an issue, when it clearly states that all men should be treated equal. While these are the sources, Dr. Martin Luther King used to justify his point of views, he unintentionally sets himself up as an authority figure. Martin Luther King’s experience earns him the respect necessary to gain the people’s attention. He was arrested in Birmingham, AL, for hatred of court and parading without a permit and had come to Birmingham in an attempt to integrate …show more content…
King wrote this speech from what he experienced and witnessed first handedly. He clearly experienced the captivity just as everyone else did; that is clear with his selection of the pronoun: “we”. “…We must face the tragic fact that the Negro is still not free.” Evidently, if black people were not entitled to their rights, then they weren’t free. He also states how the nation has gone back on its word in the promissory note: the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. “It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.” Since people’s skin color is involved with rights, America has evaded the meaning of both the documents that grant men the rights. No man’s skin color should ever be the reason he/she is not granted