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    Martin L. "I Have a Dream Speech." Speech. March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Lincoln Memorial‚ Washington D.C. 28 Aug. 1963. Jefferson‚ Thomas. "The Declaration of Independence." 4 July 1776. Print. Lincoln‚ Abraham. "Gettysburg Address." Speech. Gettysburg Address. Gettysburg. 19 Nov. 1863.

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    famous reference to the Emancipation Proclamation was in a speech given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the 1963 march for Jobs and Freedom. Another legacy was president Kennedy. On June 11 in 1963‚ Kennedy appeared on national television to address the issue of civil rights. He addressed the issue that slaves weren’t fully free and he wanted to fully free all

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    has been fought over for centuries. The two most lasting documents of the stand for these values are Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address‚ and Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech. Both these inspiring speeches focus on the values of all men being created equal‚ and the unwavering will to achieve that goal. "What led Abraham Lincoln to make his "Gettysburg Address" or Martin Luther King Junior to give his "I Have A Dream" speech? Since even before becoming president‚ Lincoln was strictly

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    Critical Essay One Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln‚ the sixteenth president‚ was one of the most decorated commander-in-chiefs in American History‚ due to his never-ending push to mend our broken nation and move to the beginning. Nevertheless‚ many African Americans were forced to come to America to be sold into slavery in 1619. While the treatment of slaves was very unfair and‚ in many cases‚ inhumane‚ and was plagued with a lifetime

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    The Civil war was the Bloodiest war in American history and Abraham Lincoln was the president at the time. “I have a dream” speech is one the greatest speech ever. Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. were two very important people for equal rights. When you compare both of them they have lots of similarities‚ but they also have differences to. Abraham Lincoln was a huge impact in black lives matter. Before he was a president helping the blacks he was just a little boy. Abraham was born February

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    bravery. In this essay I will discuss the traits and qualities and of some of my favorite documents written by some of these regarded leaders in history. Such as‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Junior’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail‚ Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address‚ and Chief Seattle’s 1854 Speech. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th‚ 1929‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. King had a seismic impact on race relations in the Unites States and was one of the main leaders of the Civil Rights movement. In

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    with lists 4. Alliteration 5. Bold imagery 6. Audience analysis He had delegated his aide Ted Sorensen to read all the previous presidential inaugurals‚ with the additional brief of trying to crack the code that had made Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg address such a hit. Fifty years on‚ the debate about whether he or Sorensen played the greater part in composing the speech matters less than the fact that it was a model example of how to make the most of the main rhetorical techniques and figures

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    your work to your teacher. 1. Comparing Speeches a. Read President Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address and Martin Luther King Jr.’s I Have a Dream speech. What emotions do you feel while reading these speeches? What elements of the speeches evoke these emotions? Type your response here: The Gettysburg address strikes emotion in everyone‚ due to the person who wrote it and due to the subject matter. The Gettysburg address evokes happiness‚ sadness‚ and pride in our country‚ In the speech Lincoln makes

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    savior of the Union and Emancipator of the slaves creates a legacy that endures. With his flow of eloquence in democracy and the importance of saving a worthy Union embodied the idea of self-government that all nations strive to achieve. In the Gettysburg Address‚ he dedicated the principles of liberty and equality for all. In this‚ he invoked the foundations of human equality contained in the Declaration of Independence and connected the sacrifices of the Civil War with the desire for “a new birth of

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