Dr. Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech

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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial in front of thousands of people, both black and white. Dr. King delivered a speech that talks about the racial inequality that existed in America for years, saying how it needed to end. The people that had attended that speech were in support of King’s ideas to end the long battle of racial injustice that was running rampant at the time. The speech resonated with people all over America, having an enormous effect that helped to end racial injustice. In the speech King used many literary devices to emphasize the importance of bringing justice to the people who had been treated unequally because this justice would will lead to peace. King also emphasizes in the practice of peaceful protests as he wanted people to peacefully stand against racial injustice. One of the greatest strengths of King’s speech was that he was able to use it to tie into people’s emotions, tapping into how the audience felt and using those feelings to win them over. Through the use of these literary devices tied with the importance of faith, equality, and freedom Dr. King told the importance of achieving racial justice because it will lead to peace. Because of this Dr. King intricately uses repetition to emphasize the importance of keeping faith because it will lead them to racial justice. Faith is belief that unifies people, and unification is the best way to achieve change as unification has worked all