I Have A Dream Speech On Equality

Once stated by John Kennedy, “Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth. Changes are first created by taking steps like Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X, leaders in the battle to achieve racial equality. Dr. King’s message in his “I Have a Dream” speech at the march on Washington in 1963, was one of positivity and hope that the empty promises of the American government would soon be fulfilled. He hoped to achieve racial equality through integration rather than separating people from others. Dr. King experienced a loving and stable home where his grandfather and father were both involved in the ministry. Dr. King saw racial inequality wrongful in the eyes of his religion. He developed a strong perspective of right

King grew up in a tight household with parents showing him the right way through life often guiding him the right direction. Martin Luther King, Jr. strived for racial equality by believing that it could only be achieved one way. He believed by attempting it through integration with non violent disobedience the world would be a much better place. Dr. King stated in his speech, “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” (King 3) This quote states how the people should not feed into the hatred to find their freedom. Dr. King remains telling the nation to rise above everyone else, and you will get what you have asked for. Dr. King obtains an optimistic and inspirational tone throughout his speech. Dr. King quotes, “In the process of gaining our rightful place, we must not be guilty of wrongful deeds.” (King 3). This quote leaves behind both an optimistic and insiprational history behind in Dr. King’s speech. He continues to talk about success, and the reunion of the country. Also included in his speech was a compound complex sentence structure with imagery. This was used for listeners to better understand what Martin Luther King, Jr. really was motivated to do. Dr. King’s final sentence is the best representation as he states, “When we allow freedom to ring-when we let it ring from every city and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God’s

fought hard, but in very different ways to achieve racial equality. Dr. King lead his followers by providing a plan of integration through non-violent disobedience. He kept an optimistic but inspirational tone while giving his speech in 1963. Malcolm X lead a group of violent angry followers through his journey of opposed integration and creating a separate nation with money from the government to support it. While giving his speech during the rally, he kept a pestimistic but demanding tone. Both men fought hard for our nation to be equal once and for all through both violence and non