Beginning of Essay
A speech such as the one Martin Luther King Jr. delivered to the 200,000 people in Washington D.C., was designed to serve a specific purpose. He wrote the speech to deliver his ideas on a different society in which all races of people can live together in harmony ....

Middle of Essay
.... the late presidents actions to bring about more civil rights in the past. Second, Dr. King uses a similar style of speech that Lincoln used in his Proclamation address such as the use of the word “score” instead of saying twenty years. In the introduction, Dr. King also gives a chronological history of the negro through the course of time in an effort to point out that blacks have not come very far in terms of freedom. Throughout the body of his speech he gives a feeling of urgency that this problem needs to be corrected as soon as possible. He also gives possible solutions but none of his solutions are quick fixes. The solution involves th ....