Rhetorical Analysis Of Martin Luther King's I Have A Dream Speech

“We will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters, and righteousness like a mighty stream.” On August 28, 1936, at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C., thousands of people gathered to hear the “I Have a Dream” speech, correlating to the Civil Rights Movement. In this speech, Martin Luther King Jr. discusses multiple reasons as to why African American rights need to be changed, and what everyone needs to take into consideration on how everyone should be treated equally.
Martin Luther King Jr. is the speaker of the “I Have a Dream” speech and he is speaking on behalf of all of the African Americans who have been treated with disrespect because of their race. He was a born leader and had given speeches prior to this speech so it was known to everyone that he is powerful with his words and people would actually listen to what he is saying.

“And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.” This was caused due to African Americans not having the same rights as white people.
For the purpose of this speech is to set free the African American for the rights they deserve. This speech specifies how much work that these people have gone through. “One hundred years later, the Negro is still languished in the corners of American society and finds himself an exile in his own land.” The arrangement of this speech is separated into different sections showing what the African Americans have done or had to deal with and what MLK wants to change for the better for, not just African Americans but, for everyone who wants to make a