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What was the setting?

August 28, 1963

Height of the Civil Rights Movement

  • Civil Rights Act passed 1964
  • Voting Rights Act passed 1965

100th anniversary of signing of Emancipation Proclamation

Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech

Who was the man?

"In the quiet recesses of my heart, I am fundamentally a clergyman, a Baptist preacher."

Scripture was part of his vocabulary

Biblical Words

(9:13)"...until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream." (Amos 5:24)

(14:00) "Every valley shall be exalted and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together" (Isaiah 40:4-5)

Biblical imagery

(5:13) "Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice."

(5:13) "Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood."

(7:45) "Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred."

(15:00) "...hew out of the mountain of

despair, a stone of hope."

Biblical construction

Anaphora

"I have a dream"

"Let freedom ring..."

"We can never be satisfied..."

Paralellisms

"battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality"

"until justice flows down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream."

Pairing contrasting images

"...transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood."

"...sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice."

"joyous daybreak to end the long night of their captivity"

"March on Washington"

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