I Have A Dream Ethos Pathos Logos

The letter and speech, “I Have A Dream” by Martin Luther King Junior, is mainly directed to eight white clergymen. The speech consists of ethos, pathos, and logos to help make a persuasive case for equality. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered this speech on August 28, 1963, at the march on Washington for jobs and freedom. Many regard it as the greatest speech of the twentieth century and, more than that, one of the greatest speeches in history. Though King was one of those several featured speakers that day, “I Have A Dream” became synonymous with the aims of the march and the entire civil rights movement. His dream represented the dream of millions Americans demanding a free, equal, and just nation. Martin Luther King uses logos throughout his whole speech. To make the audience know that they have not been given equal opportunities, equal rights, and the respect that the white people get. Even though they were all promised from birth by the founding fathers “all men are created equal,” that every american citizen is equal. The impact of logos makes more African americans support what he is saying, and which eventually leads to what we have today, equality. An example of logos would be when he states, “America has given the negro people a bad check which has

Since, many Americans trust those famous men, they trust Martin Luther King, Jr, and they respect him. “We have also come to this hallowed spot to remind America of the fierce urgency of Now,” says King. He points out the location of the speech because he considers it holy and finds the Lincoln Memorial fitting for the situation, for Lincoln also fought for equal rights of blacks. The word “hallowed” makes the audience feel apart of the fight for rights, since they are all in a holy