Martin Luther King Jr. overlooked more than two hundred and fifty thousand people of all genders, ages, and races at the nation’s capital on August 28th, 1963. King finally had the opportunity after recurrent protests to inform the country of the cruel and unfair treatment of its citizens. Within his speech he quotes the beginning of the preamble "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal"(King 277) Throughout this speech, King was able to use Aristotle’s appeals to help persuade the American nation to change its toxic ways and come together to make things better for everyone through passion, rationality, and reliability. King was a robust civil rights supporter during his time and he lived merely on the terms began using pathos at the beginning of his speech when he introduced his claim, “This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice.” (King 275) With the use of repetition he was able to deliver a strong feeling about what he was speaking about within that moment. “But one hundred years later, the Negro is still not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is... One hundred years later, the Negro lives... One hundred years later, the Negro is still anguished...” (King 275) Emotions about this subject can be brought out more after one has heard or read the same words several times over, it makes the audience begin to think about what he is truly meaning and realize how important the matters are. King also appeals to the emotions when he refers to the blacks as Negros, “Instead of honoring this sacred obligation, America has given the Negro people a bad check, which has come back marked “insufficient funds.”’ (King 276) One does have to take into consideration that blacks were not called anything else besides Negro; looking at society today that term is rarely used when referring to someone of color. A sentiment of happiness and hope was instigated by King throughout the speech and this inspired the people to continue to move forward in spite of the pain and sorrow that they have been
