I have a dream speech is a public address that was delivered by Martin Luther King Jr. during the march the march on washington for jobs and freedom on august 28th, 1963. This iconic speech has been aired has one of the greatest orators in history of american politics and played a crucial role in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech effectively galvanized the civil rights movement and inspired a generation to fight for equality through not violence, but the power of rhetorical devices and charged language. h King uses a repetition and parallelism in the phrase “I have a dream “ to help emphasize the importance of the message and the drive the narrative he is not speaking for just himself, but for …show more content…
He invokes the declaration of independence and the constitution, two important symbols of American democracy. This is to remind the nation of its founding principles and the values it holds dear. An example of him appealing to the nations conscience is “So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let Freedom ring from the heightening alleghenies of Pennsylvania. As evidence of the impact of King’s speech, It is notable that the civil rights act of 1964 and voting rights act of 1965, which helped to end segregation and discrimination of african americans, where passed just a year after the “I have