Martin Luther

Speeches are the ultimate test of language due to the fact that there is an audience hanging on to each and every word. Out of the many Orators and their wonderful speeches I have chosen to analyze the language used in the following four speeches: Martin Luther King’s I have a dream, Sojourner Truth’s Ain’t I a woman, Winston churchill’s Blood, Toil, Sweat and Tears, and lastly Mark Twain’s Speech to Misses Tewksbury’s school of girls on Smoking, Drinking and Lying. These four speeches exemplify…

Martin Luther King understood as an essential condition of human dignity, racial equality, which was on the other party entitled, at the political level, by the principles of American democracy (which always declared supporter), and the moral plane, for religious principles. Consequently, the action to the conquest of one's rights should not be ever considered subversive or revolutionary. King did not proclaim the violation of the law, but argued that they can not obey unjust laws, because they…

America had brilliant heroes for instance Frederick Douglass, Susan B. Anthony and so much more. But one American hero was the greatest among the all the heroes was Martin Luther King Jr. King grew up in Atlanta, Georgia where half of the population was filled with African Americans. King was a humanitarian and activist. He brought change throughout the South states by inspiring the whites and black. He was commemorated throughout history for his sinewy work for equal right. King was an…

coupled with the media coverage; however, it was LBJ’s ability to use his connections in Congress to pass laws that changed the face of voting and civil right throughout the United States. As far as the leadership at the grassroots level Dr. Martin Luther King is the most famous, due to the nonviolent protests and boycotts; however, Rosa Parks, Aurelia Browder, and Louise Keys, were the catalysis for the grassroots movement. Although not much is mentioned of these individuals. President’s…

burden of having to prevail time and time again through adversity is evident even in present day. While incarcerated Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his experiences on pieces of tissue, then later published the memoir that was known as the “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” After reading the play Antigone, then deciphering the theme civil duty vs injustice it’s safe to assume that Martin Luther King Jr more than likely would have agreed with Antigone 's views against her uncle, King Creon; considering…

The video “Biography of Dr. Martin Luther King: The Man and the Dream” by The Voices of History Channel is the biography of Martin Luther King Jr, who he was as a man and why he was such a famous social activist. According to Voices of History Channel Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist who had a major role in the American civil rights movement. King longed for equality and human rights for all African Americans and achieved this through peaceful protest. He did not believe in violence…

given by Martin Luther King in 1963 he inspires the audience to fight for equality and reminds the American citizens the correct definition of equality. He presents a motivational and though-provoking tone for the people gathered at the capital. Martin Luther King extremely impacts the nation in his moving speech by employing repetition and referring to outside documents. One rhetorical device that helps King convey his message to his readers is repetition. In the beginning of his speech,…

This is the situation that Martin Luther King experienced during the time of racism and Jim Crow views towards people of color. While fighting to lift the curse of Jim Crow laws in the United States, as the world looked at it, King was incarcerated in Birmingham, Alabama for his Civil…

must obey the laws of the land and not be a troublemaker in society. For Martin Luther King Jr, Crito and Socrates, they have different views on how to do things as a citizen; King wants to disobey laws in order to end racism in the south, Crito wants to get Socrates out of jail, and Socrates wants to serve his death sentence because that’s what he believes is the right thing to do. In Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 Martin Luther King was locked up in a jail cell for protesting peacefully against…

In 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta on January 15 (Biography). Martin entered Morehouse college at the age of 15 and was ordained a minister at the age of 18 while in Boston he met Coretta Scott. In 1953 Coretta Scott and Martin got married in 1954 Martin studied the work of Mahatma Gandhi and in 1955 the supreme declared bus segregation illegal. In 1960 JFK was up for election and segregation was officially ended in interstate trial and in 1964 Martin was the youngest person to…