American Baptist Minister and Activist, Martin Luther King Jr., in his speech, “I Have A Dream,” speaks on his hope for the need of change in America. MLK`s overall purpose was to persuade America to believe everyone deserved the same equal rights even if they are a negro. From the time Martin Luther King Jr. was just 17 years old he knew he was born to make a change for African Americans in America. On August 6th of 1946 while MLK was just a high school student he had a letter published to The Atlanta Constitution stating that negro people “are entitled to the basic rights and opportunities of American citizens”. Throughout the “I Have A Dream” speech MLK includes all rhetoric appeals as he attempts to reach not just African Americans but every citizen who lives in America. Martin Luther King Jr. begins to build his momentum of the speech through the tone of his voice and through the words he is speaking. He speaks slowly but clearly allowing everyone to hear word by word …show more content…
was a man of emotion. As you hear him speak throughout the entire speech every word he speaks you can feel the emotion he is feeling as he is speaking. King uses pathos the best as he says “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out its true meaning of its creed. We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.”(King, I Have a Dream speech). As Martin Luther King Jr. praises this to the crowd he speaks with emphasis, passion, and determination for what he believes in. He follows up with several other things he refers to as his dreams. Today all of these dreams are how America works now. He had believed and everyone else believed in his belief and fought for change with him. He shared his emotions and brought out the same emotion of so many. Martin Luther King Jr. explains in detail what he saw as dreams but knew with the power he was being given if he explained it the correct way people would believe in the vision as