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    Rhetorical Analysis in “I Have a Dream” Racism is a problem throughout the world and always has been. Racism is still a sensitive topic today because there are still judgmental people around this world. In Martin Luther King Junior 's speech, “I Have a Dream,” he wanted to convey the message about what he wanted the world to become. He does not want anyone to be treated any differently than any other person. King was trying to resolve a problem that was happening nationwide. Martin Luther King…

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    “I Have a Dream” “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King Junior is a widely known speech that demonstrates the power of rhetoric and the effect it can have on the audience ("Martin Luther King I Have a Dream Speech”.) King begins his “I Have a Dream” speech by acknowledging the Emancipation Proclamation and the Declaration of Independence. “This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.” ("Martin…

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    Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. an American Baptist minister and renowned civil rights leader, until his assassination in 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr is best remembered by his speech, “I Have a Dream,” expressing his want for peace, and racial equality. His wants captured the hearts of millions during the sixties. The key message in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. speech is that all people should be equal in the future and fight for it now. As Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his speech on the…

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    team is laughing about it. This means that everybody has a different perspective of freedom Martin Luther King Jr. said in his I Have a Dream speech, “I have a dream that one day down in Alabama, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream that my four little children will live in a nation…

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    could have allowed them to fully participate as American citizens. By the early 1960s, under the direction of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a spiritual leader that preached non-violent protests, millions of Americans, including whites, were peacefully protesting against the United States government and calling for equality and justice for colored people. It was on August 28th 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, that Dr. King stood in front of a crowd of over 200,000 people, and gave his famous “I Have…

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    “I have a dream” “I have a dream that my children will one day live in a nation where they wii not be judged by the color of the skin, but by the content of their character” Matin Luther King, Jr. “I have a dream “ is one of the most inspirational speech I ever hear. Dr Luther King, Jr was a leader of the civil rights in United States who dedicate his life to fight for the racial equality of African American. This speech express the feeling of many people that suffer discrimination for…

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    Mahogany Jones In Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech, King talks about how society stands by as many black African American citizen’s civil and economic rights are taken away everyday, and yet no one has done anything to change it. King also brings up the terrors of police brutality, “We can never be satisfied as long as the Negro is the victim of the unspeakable horrors of police brutality.”. The main idea of the “I Have a Dream” speech is King wanted equal civil rights for blacks…

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    On, August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous “I Have A Dream” speech with the intention of building a better bond within the American people in order to assemble a remarkable future. During that time in America, most citizens were racially divided and many people of color were looked down on in society. Martin Luther King saw a problem with how segregated they were and him an many other advocates for civil rights planned to do something about it. This speech was a way to motivate…

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    writing process for “I have a Dream,” looked to Hughes poetry for inspiration. Additionally, King made frequent allusion to Hughes’ poetry within his sermons. King viewed Hughes as a role model. Hughes influenced King’s discussion of an equal society, featured in “Dream Variation.” Langston Hughes and Martin Luther King grew up in somewhat similar environments. Both, as African American men, had to deal with the everyday and very evident racism of an unequal…

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    the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir”, and “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made…

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