Rhetorical Analysis Of 'I Have A Dream'

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The Speech, “I Have A Dream” by MLK, was the most compelling. The central idea of, “I Have a Dream”, is to persuade the audience that African Americans should be treated equally to any white person. During those times, there was a lot of segregation-- policy of keeping people of different races, religions, etc., separate from each other. People even started to segregate unconsciously! Many blacks weren’t getting the same service as whites. They felt very sad about this. Also, they were only considered one third of a person. One day, a young civil rights advocate, decided to make a speech that would support his race. He and most other African Americans, had the dream, that in the future everything would change. Thanks to Martin Luther King,

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