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A 3 page essay that analyzes the text and the presentation of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech which was delivered on August 28, 1963 to a huge crowd of Civil Rights marchers who had descended on Washington to demand full civil rights for African Americans. No additional sources cited.
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full civil rights for African Americans. From a podium set up in front of the Lincoln Memorial, Dr. King began his remarks by referring to the march which he said
would go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation" (King). Conservatively dressed in a suit in a suit, with white shirt and
dark tie, Dr. King set the stage for the body of his speech by reciting historical background. By using the phrase "Five score years ago" to set the date
for the Emancipation Proclamation, King provides allusion to the wording of Lincolns Gettysburg Address, thereby linking his speech to Lincolns most rousing rhetoric. While this part of Kings speech provides
expository background to the current situation, it also constitutes an emotional appeal as he paints a picture of continuing racial subjugation, which has the "Negro...still languishing in the corners of
American society" (King). At this point, while Kings focus is still on American history, he switches tactics to argue logically and persuasively the "magnificent words of the Constitution and
the Declaration of Independent" constitute a "promissory note" that every American citizen can consider their legitimate legacy (King). He says that the crowd has come to "cash a check" written
on this promissory note, but that the government has "defaulted" (King). This metaphor is extremely apt and provides both a logical and an emotional appeal. Logically, it is impossible
to deny that Africans Americans at this point in history (1960s) had not received the promise of the Founding Fathers of "inalienable rights" (King). Also, by using this metaphor, King
indicates how the government has reneged on a legitimate debt, which goes against any sense of social justice. King puts it in those terms, by saying "we refuse to believe
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