Martin Luther King I Have A Dream Belonging
Area of Study – Belonging: ORT 1 Analysis
HSC Advanced English
1) Identify the title, text type, composer and year of publication.
I Have a Dream (IHD) is a speech composed by Martin Luther King Jr – a prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement – on August 28th 1963.
2) Identify the context in which your ORT has been set.
Martin Luther King Jr was an activist for African American civil rights. On the day of the speech 200,000 fellow activists were participating in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; King delivered his speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial – a symbol for freedom in the eyes of all Americans. This speech was given at a time when racial tensions were at a peak and African Americans were discriminated and ostracized.
3) Outline at least 3 key ideas about belonging/not belonging, which are represented in your ORT.
i) The heritage of African American people influencing their identity, hence hindering their ability to belong. …show more content…
However, even after slavery was eliminated, cultural segregation still remained and remains to this very day. As such, memories of ill treatment were still fresh in the mind of King as he wrote the speech, “the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination”. This strong acknowledgement of heritage within the African American people as whole is a testament to in inherent sense of belonging they feel as an individual people. But, therein lies the problem, they are still an individual people. They yearn to become part of the greater American community; however, they are limited in this regard due to the abhorrent treatment of their
HSC Advanced English
1) Identify the title, text type, composer and year of publication.
I Have a Dream (IHD) is a speech composed by Martin Luther King Jr – a prominent leader in the African American civil rights movement – on August 28th 1963.
2) Identify the context in which your ORT has been set.
Martin Luther King Jr was an activist for African American civil rights. On the day of the speech 200,000 fellow activists were participating in the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom; King delivered his speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial – a symbol for freedom in the eyes of all Americans. This speech was given at a time when racial tensions were at a peak and African Americans were discriminated and ostracized.
3) Outline at least 3 key ideas about belonging/not belonging, which are represented in your ORT.
i) The heritage of African American people influencing their identity, hence hindering their ability to belong. …show more content…
However, even after slavery was eliminated, cultural segregation still remained and remains to this very day. As such, memories of ill treatment were still fresh in the mind of King as he wrote the speech, “the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination”. This strong acknowledgement of heritage within the African American people as whole is a testament to in inherent sense of belonging they feel as an individual people. But, therein lies the problem, they are still an individual people. They yearn to become part of the greater American community; however, they are limited in this regard due to the abhorrent treatment of their