I Have A Dream Speech Assessment
Dr. Martin Luther King, winner of a Nobel Peace Prize and immortalized through many hospitals, schools, and a statue on the south entrance of Westminster Abbey in London, England, began as a minister in Southern Alabama and quickly rose to lead America's civil rights movement in the 1960s. He led a march to Washington D.C. where he gave his famous speech, I Have A Dream, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on the U.S. Capital's main mall. His vision was that America would be a society that looked first at the quality of the individual and last, if ever, at the color of their skin or their nationality. At this period in America's history, racial tensions were very high and many feared Dr. King would lead a racial conflict pitting whites against blacks. He didn't, and opted for non-violent change. From this tense time and Dr. Kings' background, his speech emerged. The speech Dr. King delivered was riveting, keeping
Dr. King's goal in giving the speech was to hold up a mirror to the United States and say to the nation, "Look, this is what racism and bigotry looks like. Isn't it ugly?" He would then hold up the mirror figuratively again and say "See, this is what we look like when we respect, cooperate and love each other." It was a powerful speech, because he tied together all these visions to show how the country could be, and occasionally mentioned how it was. He spoke the truth his clarity and laser-focus, yet did not stop from telling what the country could be. His speech as a vision of a nation united through common respect, cooperation and a commitment to serve each other rather than one divided by racism and bigotry. His speech was short, yet at the end of it, Dr. King had forever changed the American conscience, and that speech alone became the rallying cry for civil rights activists to continue working for non-violent ch
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Approximate Word count = 625
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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