Martin Luther King Rhetorical Analysis Essay

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African Americans received no respect for decades and decades. No matter if you were old or young, man or a woman. You received no respect. Martin Luther King Jr. was an inspirational speaker sticking up for what was right. While dealing with the same disrespect all Negroes were receiving. He spoke out his hopes and wishes for the world, hoping to change the ways by many. He got through to people by using persuasive and inspiring words, which people eventually listened to. King brought himself and African American the right to freedom of speech. King uses logos in his text to share information to the people, about the difficulties that African Americans have to deal with. Negroes kept waiting for their rights and never received them. However …show more content…

White people were thinking in a mindset that they were better people than African Americans based off of their skin color. White people shouldn’t have been worrying about what color skin, they have because at the end of the day both African American and white people share the same fate: “The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom. We cannot walk alone.” (King, para 9-10). This shows that through all of this hatred, there are white people who understand the struggles African Americans have. They stop treating the African Americans with hatred because eventually everyone shares the same fate. During the disagreement between African Americans and White people, no one wanted to think how the police all around was treating people wrong. This is because police are protect and help people, therefore most people wouldn’t question them: “ I doubt you would so quickly commend the policeman if you were to observe their ugly and inhumane treatment of Negros here in the city jail; if you were here to watch them curse and push old Negro women and young Negro girls;

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