On August 28, 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in front of thousands of people in Washington D.C. That speech had a big impact of change on the country. His speech continued with the civil rights movement after many conflicts had happened dealing with african americans in the U.S., especially in the south.Martin Luther King was one of the first to actually stand up for what he believed was right. In his speech he explained and talked about to all the african americans and white people watching and hearing his speech that they should all be equal and their shouldn't be any racial descrimination going on and that african americans deserved the same rights that white people had. The main thing his speech did was give hope to people and help african americans finally speak up. Since his speech was such an impact a year after that in 1964 The Civil Rights Act was signed and then also came the U.S. Voting Rights Act also came out.
Dr. King had achieved his goal by using many retorical appeals in his speech. He used patriotism and history by quoting and talking about the Declaration of Independence ,the COnstitution, and the Emancipation Proclamation as well. He used emotion by speaking the second half of his speech all from the heart and on the spot which would be hard for many people but not for him since he knew what had to be said to the people. He also used religion by repeating and talking about how everyone is god's children. That part was said to explain how everyone was made equal and Dr. King said "that people should not be judged by color of their skin but by the content of their character." Dr. King had a great impact on all people back then and even up to this day as well. Without him standing up and giving his speech things would probably still be the same as they were back then. Martin Luther King was assassinated in 1968 but left the world knowing that his speech had a great impact and knowing what he had done was right.