![]() And so while the law may not change the hearts of men, it can and it does change the habits of men. Even though it may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, it can restrain him from lynching me, and I think that’s pretty important also. Even though it may be true that the law cannot change the heart, it can restrain the harvest. And that is that although it may be true that morality cannot be legislated, behavior can be regulated. But after saying this, let me say another thing, which gives the other side. if we are to have a truly integrated society, men and women will have to rise to the majestic heights of being obedient to the unenforceable. " The Other America," Stanford University, April 14, 1967: Source: American Rhetoric Online Speech Bank I speak as one who loves America, to the leaders of our own nation: The great initiative in this war is ours the initiative to stop it must be ours." I speak as a citizen of the world, for the world as it stands aghast at the path we have taken. ![]() I speak of the- for the poor of America who are paying the double price of smashed hopes at home, and death and corruption in Vietnam. I speak for those whose land is being laid waste, whose homes are being destroyed, whose culture is being subverted. I speak as a child of God and brother to the suffering poor of Vietnam. " Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break the Silence," Riverside Church, New York City, April 4, 1967: Our view: Martin Luther King Day is not time for rest and relaxation Therefore, I am not yet discouraged about the future." So in a real sense this is a great time to be alive. Here and there an individual or group dares to love, and rises to the majestic heights of moral maturity. The shirtless and barefoot people of the land are developing a new sense of “some-bodiness” and carving a tunnel of hope through the dark mountain of despair. Doors of opportunity are gradually being opened to those at the bottom of society. Old systems of exploitation and oppression are passing away, and out of the womb of a frail world new systems of justice and equality are being born. In spite of the tensions and uncertainties of this period something profoundly meaningful is taking place. It is important to mention that more than 70% of the audience was made up of African Americans who came together under the banner of freedom and equality for all races.".I have the personal faith that mankind will somehow rise up to the occasion and give new directions to an age drifting rapidly to its doom. The audience of the speech was the crowd of 250,000 people (the most common estimate reported) who participated in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Standing in front of the audience who gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, King spoke calmly to avoid provoking any kind of public disobedience that was common within the context of the Civil Rights Movement. gave his speech on August 28, 1963, during the Civil Rights March in Washington, DC. While all of the sounds pointed to the specific emotions that the audience of the speech felt at that time, they interfered with the flow of the message. Such interruption was the noise that the crowd made people clapped, gasped, screamed, and cheered. Only one interference with the “I Have a Dream” speech can be noted. Because King delivered his speech in front of a live audience, the channel was the air through which the sound was transferred (O’Hair et al. ChannelĬhannel of speech refers to the “medium through which the speaker sends a message” (O’Hair et al. ![]() However, King looked into the future with a positive outlook that all people in America would be considered equal. He acknowledged that his quest for equality was idealistic and ambitious to a large degree. He alluded to the Bible, the United States Declaration of Independence, and the Gettysburg Address to support his argument about the necessity of American society to acknowledge the rights of minorities and underserved populations to create a diverse and strong country that would achieve success and reach the “American Dream” (“Martin Luther King, Jr. King’s message in “I Have a Dream” was to demand racial justice and a diverse and integrated society. Inspired by the ideologies of non-violence promoted by such historical figures as Gandhi, King spread the message of equality and social acknowledgment of injustice victims, African Americans, and low-income citizens. was a prominent social activist who led the American Civil Rights movement in the 1950’s and 60’s.
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