The Civil Rights Address is one of the best speeches that President John F. Kennedy ever gave to the American people. It was a big-time accomplishment during his presidency. This speech put JFK on the billboards of the top presidents of the United States. The United States was falling apart, Americans forgot about the word United in the United States. There was and unfortunately still is so much hate, pain, and disliking of other races in America. With the Ku Klux Klan (a racist extremist group) expanding worldwide, the hate would be stretching rapidly across the land of the free.
The United States needed someone to step to the plate and fix the big problem. The people needed someone who could not only fix the problem the US was facing, but
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He creates a very inspiring tone. The purpose of pathos in JFK’s speech showed the real power of freedom. Without freedom what is America? Americans had to be reminded what we stood for and what was right no matter what others wanted. JFK explains how he wants us to remember what we stood for and how we should all act as if we are a big family. Kennedy reminds the world that “men from many nations and backgrounds founded this nation”. President Kennedy expresses how we should all unite as a group no matter the race, religion, or background of the man beside you. Kennedy later lets the world know that “the principle that all men are created equal, and that the rights of every man are diminished when the rights of one man are …show more content…
JFK also states that “segregation and discrimination occur in every city of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics this is a problem which faces us all - in every city of the North as well as the South”. President Kennedy uses different examples to explain that the problem isn't only in the South, but it is also in the North, West, and East. It is becoming a tremendous global problem, which if the problem isn't fixed then the world may be destroyed by humans