Speaker: The speaker of the document is Lyndon B. Johnson. He was the thirty-sixth President of the United States and a teacher. He was a democrat, so his ideals would push towards equality and unification among races. Johnson’s democratic background and his history of teaching, he would likely exhibit ideas of diverse races having rights in America.
Occasion: Lyndon B. Johnson presumably wrote this document to provide an apology and changes after the Selma brutality. This speech was seemingly published to reach a broader demographic or for historical research.
Audience: The audience of this document was the citizens of the United States; specifically minorities and southerners. This audience would be a diverse group of ethnicities, political parties, genders, and social class; majority would be above the age of fifteen. Johnson used vocabulary that alleviated tensions and unified the United States. Similarly, he evokes God, history, liberty, and nationalism to influence the country. Johnson primarily alluded to the Civil War and the other battles America has faced.
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Johnson conveyed this through evoking God to justify his causes, history to demonstrate how America has survived numerous transgressions, and nationalism to consolidate everyone under a similar cause. Johnson seemed optimistic towards all Americans to strive for equality for minorities. He had a sense of sincerity with calmed the oppressions felt in the South. This illustrated the feelings of nationalism throughout the United States. I felt that America could conquer any dilemmas it faces through the power of the citizens. However, there was an underlying tone of sorrow and mourning after the events of Selma. This united fellow Americans and gave people a purpose to strive for: rights for