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This 5 page
report discusses Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s most famous speech given to a
quarter-million people in Washington, D.C. from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on
August 28, 1963. The speech has come to be thought of one of the greatest political
speeches of the 20th century, and possibly in all of American history. The report
considers certain aspects of speechmaking, such as lexical structure, intertextuality,
metaphor, and register in analyzing the speech. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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countless Americans, both black and white, to do whatever they possibly could to erase the racial barriers that existed in the United States and to understand people of color as
being equal to any white American. He did this through his personal charisma, determination, activism, and leadership. The most memorable of all of his speeches, what has come to be
known as the "I have a dream" speech.. The speech, which he presented to a quarter-million people in Washington, D.C. from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28,
1963, has come to be thought of one of the greatest political speeches of the 20th century, and possibly in all of American history. Harding (2003) points out: "Truly, that
hot August day in the nations capital almost forty years ago is hallowed historical ground in the slow unfolding of the promise of American democracy. Both the man and that
moment merit celebration" (pp. 12). "Four Score and Seven Years Ago ..." He opened with words that echo one of the most famous lines in American speechmaking that
Abraham Lincoln used in the opening of his Gettysburg address. "Four score and seven years ago" were the first words in Lincolns speech. King uses the words -- "Five score
years ago" (Internet source) -- that millions of Americans recognized and understand that he used such words to symbolize his determination to make an impact and truly be heard.
He refers to Abraham Lincoln as a "great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand" (Internet source). To a great degree, he is making the comparison between Lincolns signing of
the Emancipation Proclamation and the efforts and objectives of the Civil Rights movement and the need to truly and completely "emancipate" the "Negroes" of America. Those opening statements may
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