Martin Luther Kings Impact

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Martin Luther Kings’ I Have A Dream speech made a great impact on the American culture. His speech impacted our thoughts and our way of living. Through careful thought and consideration King found ways techniques to appeal to his audience, making sure the nation can feel every word he was saying
Through examples martin Luther king strongly prove that for everything he says there is a real life situation that he has not imagined, or that is not a figment of his imagination.
Martin Luther king states,” one hundred years later we must face the tragic fact that the negro is still not free.” He gives this statement, but he also is able to back it up with a real life situation. “One hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. One hundred years later the negro is still languishing in the corners of American society and finds himself in exile in his own land.” Martin Luther king state, “The negro is still not free.” He is able to back up his statement with several examples giving his audience real life situations to contemplate about. Now his audience can effectively see with him why Negros are still not free.
As Martin Luther king states, “It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment and to underestimate the determination of the Negro” he follows up with this example,” Those who hoped that the negro needed to blow off steam and will not be content will have a rude awakening if the nation returns to business as usual. Martin Luther king wanted to let the nation know that discrimination is an urgent problem and needed to be fixed as soon as possible. Through example he lets the public understand that the problem will not disappear. He lets the public understand that things cannot continue the same as it was or the Negro will continue to march on.
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