Martin Luther King Jr. is the reason why citizens are now able to communicate peacefully with each other. In the 1960s, he was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He was an inspiration to all citizens because he voiced his opinions about African American rights. Although he was an inspiration, he did not have faith in himself or his friends who were helping him. He assumed that he could not persuade the president to agree to sign the Voting Rights Act.
King effectively uses what the people are most passionate about to create a change in racism and segregation. On August 28, 1963, history was made when Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered an inspirational speech that caused a change in the direction of the Civil Rights Movement. He was speaking out to confront the issues of racism in our nation, and skillfully used rhetorical devices to help him achieve his goal. King successfully used ethos, logos, and pathos to show the impact of appealing to ethic, logic, and emotions of his audience.
Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader of peaceful protests and nonviolence for the segregation among blacks and whites while Malcolm X wanted to gain justice through any possible way even if it required violence. The Montgomery Bus Boycott made King a more prominent leader
The Martin Luther King we didn 't see on television is the one who fought his whole life for positive change. We celebrate the fact he wanted equality for every one at the time and in the future. His speech I have a dream is a major part of American history and a speech we all learn about in school. His speech helps us all to reflect on what had been happening in the past with segregation and some of the feelings. We didn 't get to see when Martin Luther King was calling out America on what was happening with the war and all of his other political actions against the government.
John Lewis also worked with his idol, Martin Luther King Jr., to make change for the people of America (biography). Lewis had many different ways to change America peacefully. He had a lot of marches and public demonstrations to show people the difference in treatment between blacks and whites. (johnlewis) In the beginning of Lewis’s development as a civil rights leader, he went to the American Baptist Theological Seminary in Nashville, Tennessee.
Kennedy Civil Rights Address,” Kennedy talks about how there is a big problem of discrimination and how they can fix it, effectively creating an appeal of authority to connect the audience of all people, of all different colors and races, with the problems in society that hurt people of different color. In the speech, Kennedy shows how the problems can be fixed by talking about how they should provide the kind of equality of treatment that white people want themselves. This shows how that there is a solution to the problem and that is to just treat people how you would want to be treated. This part of the speech sets a tone of authority and sympathy with the white people and the black people in the audience, allowing the author to tell how they are able to fix discrimination against black people while having the attention of the audience and having the audience feel a sense of sympathy for people of color. Kennedy included, “not every child has an equal talent or an equal ability or equal motivation, but they should have the equal right to develop their talent and their ability and their motivation, to make something of themselves.”
Words like “justice,” injustice,” and “freedom” are repeated numerous times in Dr. King’s speech because they are the key points of his message. By doing this King’s audience was able to
Martin Luther King Jr. was an important figure in gaining civil rights throughout the 1960’s and he’s very deserving of that title as seen in both his “I Have a Dream” speech and his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” letter. In both of these writings Dr. King uses logos - logical persuasion - and pathos - emotional appeal - to change the opinions of people who were for segregation and against civil rights. Although King was arrested for a nonviolent protest, he still found a way to justify his actions with the use of logos and pathos. MLK uses both ways to gain the attention and agreement of the audience but, he uses pathos not just more, but in a more relatable way in order to appeal to his audience.
Martin Luther King Jr. Knew exactly how the United States should have been run from the beginning. In “I have a Dream” Dr. martin Luther King convinces his audience that every man is created equal and should be treated the same. IN his speach MLK Jr. uses many rhetorical devices including logos and allusion. He said,”This note was a promise that all men, yes black men as well as white men, would be guaranteed the “inalienable rights” of “life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
Freedom of speech is an important Constitutional Issue that gives us the individual right to express the way we feel. Having freedom of speech in public, in newspapers, books, or media is a part that makes us the land of the free. Without freedom of speech we couldn’t say what we think without getting in trouble What we say can either make our community stronger, or it could tear it apart. It was August 28 1963 and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was about to start his speech.
Hughes’ original purpose in writing “Democracy” was racial equality since it was written in a time period that race was the main issue, but since problems change, introducing the poem to society today would change the meaning completely. Hughes gave us “Democracy” to fight for his problems and encourage others to fight too in his time period trying to make change, which is why receiving this poem today would call out to those of the lower class, also wanting change. Literature is perceived differently based on audience which is shown by taking just one line of “Democracy” and changing the intended audience. Changing the time period changes the audience which changes the meaning, which shows that audience and purpose are just as important as one
Literary Analysis Kelsey Ganzon Ela ⅘ Cormy Civil rights: The rights of citizens to political and social freedom and equality. This is something everyone should be guaranteed to have. Today we are all equal, but it always wasn’t like that. Martin Luther King Jr. changed society forever.