Beyond Vietnam A Time To Break Silence Essay

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    MLK, “Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break Silence.” For centuries, Martin Luther King Jr. has been an activist we read about in textbooks, a true leader. Many people remember him for his views on African American equatily; however, King did also feel strongly about other topics including the Vietnam war. Through the speech “Beyond Vietnam-A Time to Break Silence.” King uses multiple pieces of evidence and examples to persuade readers that involvement from America in regards to the Vietnam war was unjust

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    poverty and the Vietnam war, which caused most of his liberal allies to part away with his powerful and iconic speech titled "Beyond Vietnam". Furthermore, "Beyond Vietnam: A time to break Silence", also known as a Riverside Church speech is an anti-Vietnam war and pro social justice speech delivered by Martin Luther King jr on April 4 1967 in front of 3,000 people at Riverside church in New York city. The purpose of the "Beyond Vietnam" speech was to speak about what was going on in Vietnam and how America's

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    In Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech “Beyond Vietnam — A Time to Break Silence”, there are a couple of features, such as appeals to logic, irony, and appeals to emotion, that is used to build an argument that persuades the audience that American involvement in Vietnam is unjust. At the beginning of his speech, Martin Luther King Jr. mentions that he, himself, is a man of God who wants to take down the issues of Vietnam for moral reasons. King not only brings up the fact that he is a preacher to add

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    Martin Luther King Speaks Out In the speech “ Beyond Vietnam- A Time to Break Silence”, Dr. King speaks out on the issues brought upon by the Vietnam War and how it has a negative impact on African Americans. He displays a frustrated and irritated tone to shed light on this problem in order to entice anger within the African American community of Harlem and call them to fight against social injustice and fight for their civil rights. One of Dr. King's most influential devices is his pristine

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    “A Time to Break the Silence- Beyond Vietnam” by Martin Luther King Jr.’s is one of the most well-written speeches of this time. Through his use of ethos, pathos, and logos he makes the Vietnam War relevant and threatening. His points create a sense of urgency, pity, and fear in the American people. Dr. King captures his audience's attention by not only relating himself to the audience but also the topic at hand, the Vietnam war. Dr. King starts out this iconic speech by building up his ethos in

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    The title of this passage is “Beyond Vietnam -A Time to Break silence Adapted from MLK” the title is based of the writers feeling ,it’s time to break silence .This passage also relates to Martin Luther King .There are many reasons to bring up Vietnam ,There was Black And white people and they had to go to poverty programs ,this gave them hope and basically a redo on life, but when Vietnam had soon been at rise and this caused the program to be broken .Of course America was greedy and did nothing

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    The speech “Beyond Vietnam- A time to break silence” by Martin Luther King Jr in New York City delivered in 1967. Martin Luther King Jr points out some very good points with inequality in America with civil rights in Vietnam. African- Americans are treated differently in America and don’t have that many rights, but in Vietnam they are treated equal. African- Americans don’t have equal rights but are expected to risk their live to fight in the war for something they don’t even have. Blacks and

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    Martin Luther King Jr. in his speech, "Beyond Vietnam- A Time to Break Silence, discusses the Vietnam war. King supports his discussion by establishing authority and appealing to his listeners emotions. The author's purpose is to call attention to what's happening in Vietnam in to raise awareness so they can begin to make a change. The author writes in a frustrated but inspirational style for his audience and others speaking up about Vietnam. Martin Luther King Jr. establishes his authority among

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    Martin Luther King Jr., one of America’s greatest civil rights leaders, was an avid protester of the Vietnam War. Claiming that it is an “enemy of the poor,” he delivered a powerful speech called “Beyond Vietnam- A Time to Break Silence” at Riverside Church on April 4, 1967. Historically, King’s speeches have been known to evoke strong emotional responses from his audience. This speech does not differ; the strong word choice and touching life stories King includes are essential in connecting with

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    8:25 2 February 2013 A Time to do What is Right In Dr. Martin Luther King’s speech “Beyond Vietnam—A Time to Break Silence” (1967), Dr. King asserts that the war in Vietnam is totally immoral and has far reaching negative implications not only for Vietnam, but for The United States and the rest of the World as well. Dr. King’s purpose is to make the church leaders he is speaking to aware that the time has come for them to speak out loudly in opposition of the war in Vietnam. He offers many practical

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