Monday, January 16, 2017

LAD #26: MLK's "I Have a Dream" Speech

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Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" speech is a speech that went down in history and will be remembered forever. He begins his speech by saying that twenty years ago, Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation which was a symbol of hope for many African Americans, but a hundred years later and they still are not free. He lists some of the problems that African Americans are facing during this time period. He then says that African Americans are "cashing a check" at the nations capital. The "check" is their right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. He then says that they are getting a message that there is "insufficient funds." Then, he tells people to keep trying to cash the check because the bank of justice can't be bankrupt. He continues to say that the time for change is right now, and that revolts will continue to happen until change happens. He then urges people that are revolting to make sure that they do not commit any crimes or do anything wrong, and speaks against violence. He then goes to the most remembered part of his speech where he states that he has a dream for many things, such as that his children will live in a country that does not judge them based on race, and that every place will be unsegregated. Lastly he talks about the song "My country 'tis of thee" and uses it to talk about the fact that freedom should ring through every place.
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I connected MLK's speech to Soujourner Truth's "Aint I a Woman?" speech, because both speech addressed race, and rights in general for a minority group. They also both used similar rhetoric such as metaphors and connecting the situation to their own lives. Martin Luther King Jr. did things like talk about his children in his speech, and Truth talked about experiences she has had as a woman, and an African American woman.

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