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    I have dream speech analysis The “I have a dream” address by Martin Luther King is one of the best speeches ever. And there are several reasons why this old speech remains the best in American history. Martin Luther King began his speech by restating the words spoken by Abraham Lincoln in his Emancipation Proclamation that declare all slaves “forever free” from January 1st, 1863. In fact, slavery did not end until October of 1865 with the addition of the 13th amendment to the constitution.

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    something to change you don’t sit back and hope it will change you have to make it change. In the story Cairo: My City, Our Revolution, Ahdaf Soueif goes and fights for her country. In the speech I Have a Dream, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was influencing people to go and protest to get their rights and in the speech A Eulogy for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy influences people to change and do as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The last two people were speaking to influence people. They

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    African Americans. My selection was Martin Luther King Jr. My reason on my selection was he was the most important voice of the American civil rights movement. He fought for our equal rights. I don't believe things would have been they way they are now if it wasn't for him. He was a leader of nonviolent protests. Martin Luther King Jr, had so many obstacles to over come to achieve success. King faced so many risks and still kept fighting for what was right. King refused a court order and ended up

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    From the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr inspired America with one of the most monumental speeches in history: “I Have a Dream”. The speech was targeted at the entire nation, specifically towards African Americans fighting injustice and white Americans supporting racial injustice with the main purpose of convincing the white people that all racial injustice towards mistreated African Americans needs to come to an end while bringing the two races together

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    Martin Luther King Jr Nigel What did martin luther king do to help reduce discrimination? Martin luther king jr was a strong, brave , courageous man who advocated for the rights of Black people in the 1900s. Doing so he proudly changed a lot of peoples minds about black people and opened a more free world to them. As he lead many peaceful protest and other to show who they are and what the world should see them as peaceful humans just like the whites.Well let's keep moving

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    history, which helped us see the hope to win the freedom for the colored people. Martin Luther King was a Civil Rights Activists, he who had a dream one day to free the colored people from the whites and to change the outlook on how people see the colored, he also had a dream of every man is born and created equally despite the different skin colors. The man who once said: “I Have a Dream Today”(3) has proven his dream to help the rest of us live out our lives with equal rights and the same amount

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    At the time of Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech, there was a very “heavy” racism issue in the United States. African-Americans saw themselves being victimized by a corrupted system. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of many civil rights activists that came out during that period, in the middle of the 20th century. “I have a Dream” speech symbolized the chaos in 1963; Martin Luther King Jr. used it to give hope to the hundreds of thousands of African-Americans who marched for freedom, and also to create

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    Rosa Parks once said, “ I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and prosperity for all people” (Rosa Parks). The Civil Rights Movement started in 1955. The Civil Rights Movement was a movement that helped gain equal rights for the blacks and whites. There were many key people who helped achieve equal rights, including Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr and Malcolm X. Throughout the movement there were a lot of different acts that played a role

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    A civil rights leader by the name of Reverend (PBS, 2016) Martin Luther King Jr. changed the world he occupied and changed the future course of the United States of America by advocating for desegregation. Martin Luther King Junior was on a mission to end the segregation of the African American community. Segregation was the post result of slavery throughout the United States of America which enslaved Africans. He challenged the status quo of the time. Protesting peacefully and advocating for social

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    I found “i have a Dream” by Martin Luther King to be the most compelling speech, because I think Martin Luther KIng was very convincing and had great ponts/statements. The speech was talking about how everyone should have the same right and same amount of freedom as everyone else like it says in the Declaration of Independence First of all, he talks about how colored should have the same rights as everyone else. IN his speech he says “This note was a promise that all men,yes, Black men as well as

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