Rhetorical Precis on the “I Have a Dream” Speech
1. During the March on Washington D.C, of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr, gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, claiming that African Americans have still not got their promised civil rights.
2. King develops his thesis by using allusions, metaphors, and biblical quotes.
3. King’s purpose is to show African Americans are not equal in order to make people take action and make African Americans equal.
4. King’s audience is both whites and African Americans that are trying to make African Americans finally get their civil rights.
During the March on Washington D.C, in 1963, Martin Luther King Jr, gave his “I Have a Dream” speech, claiming that African Americans haven’t got their promised civil rights.
