shaped by our views and values, which naturally leads to preferences to some over others. Background Information Past and Present(Obama’s speech) Therefore, two most motivational speeches were “I have a Dream” by Martin Luther King and “ The Gettysburg Address” by Abraham Lincoln. These two speeches were said by very important people that hoped that one day will change the human world. On October 16, 201l Barack Obama made a memorial dedication for Martin Luther King Jr. dedicating that the United
The speech I read is the ‘I have a dream’ speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The speech was delivered on August 23, 1968, in the American capital of Washington D. C. by a man many people acclaimed to be a great revolutionary. However, there was nothing revolutionary about this man, but he was only affirming and restating the promises of the country’s founding fathers which is denied to certain people and enjoyed by the white supremacist. Some argued that the speech calls for the emancipation of
The speech I read is the ‘I have a dream’ speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The speech was delivered on August 23, 1968, in the American Capital of Washington D. C. by a man many acclaimed to be a great revolutionary. However, there was nothing revolutionary about this man, rather, he was only affirming and restating the promises of the country’s founding fathers which is denied to certain people and enjoyed by the white supremacist. Some argued that the speech calls for the emancipation of the
months after the particularly bloody battle at Gettysburg, Lincoln gave a speech that was only ten sentences and 272 words and was recited within three minutes. Despite being so short, the message of the speech resonated with the people of the Civil War and still is quoted by people today. Through one of the most important speeches of our history, The Gettysburg Address, Lincoln commemorates the dead and wounded soldiers at the site of the battle in Gettysburg through references to history, unificating
If Martin Luther King would have stuck to the written text that lay before him, he would not be known to the world as the defining speaker of the March on Washington 50 years ago. I Have A Dream, his speech about injustice and hardship was delivered to inspire change in both, black and white citizens of the United States during the Civil Rights era, and to this day his speech is an important part of American history. On August 28th 2013, Barack Obama held a speech to commemorate the 50th anniversary