Transcript I Have A DREAM.milea canoy.3.27.13

Martin Luther King Jr.
Milea Canoy
1st period
English 2
4/9/13
Background
 Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15, 1929 in
Atlanta, Georgia, and died on April 4, 1968 in
Memphis, Tennessee.
 He was an American clergyman, activist, and a leader
in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.
Martin Luther King Jr.
I Have A Dream Speech
Me giving the “Martin Luther King
Jr. Speech”
 “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of
Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of
former slave owners will be able to sit together at the
table of brotherhood.”
SOAPSTone- Subject
 Subject- This speech that Is given is to give people
hope that one day colored and whites would joins
hands and for there to not be conflict.
 “I have a dream that my four children will one day live
in a nation where they will not be judged by the color
of their skin but by the content of their character.”
SOAPSTone- Occasion
 The speech “I Have A Dream” was given August 28,
1963 and was delivered at the Lincoln Memorial in
Washington, D.C.
SOAPSTone- Audience
 Audience- The Audience for the speech “I Have A
Dream” was meant for colored and white people to get
them to join together and not fight over the color of
the skin.
SOAPSTone- Purpose
 Purpose- The purpose of the speech was to join
colored and white people together, and not have
conflict because of colored people.
SOAPSTone- speaker
 Speaker: Martin Luther King Jr. changed the way that
white people acted towards colored people. He showed
that colored people are no different.
SOAPSTone- tone
 Tone: the tone of the speech was serious, prepared,
demanding, powerful, and eager to make a change.
Logos
 Logos: I have a dream that one day this nation will rise
up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold
these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created
equal."
 Martin Luther King Jr. was trying to say that one day,
everyone will be treated equal.
Repetition
 I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live
out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to
be self-evident: that all men are created equal.“
 I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the
sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners
will be able to sit down together at a table of brotherhood.
 I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a
desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and
oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom
and justice.
Phrasing/Meaning
 I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the
difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have
a dream.
 Martin Luther King Jr. still had high expectations
through the rough times.
Powerful Lines
 “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of
Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of
former slave owners will be able to sit together at the
table of brotherhood.”
Literary Devices Used
 I have a dream that my four children will one day live
in a nation where they will not be judged by the color
of their skin but by the content of their character.
 Martin Luther King Jr. is saying that he wants his
children to live in peace instead of being treated
differently because of the color of there skin.
To follow…
 The speech “I Have A Dream” brought colored people
and whites together as one. There was no more
conflict between them.
 Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated by a sniper as
he stood on the balcony of his hotel room in Memphis
and died on April 4th, 1968. 39 other men, women, and
children were killed during this time, 34 of them were
black.
Questions…