"Civil Disobediance" VS. "I ha

Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream”

Henry David Thoreau gave a lecture titled “Civil Disobedience” in 1848. “Civil

Disobedience” was later published in 1849. This lecture has influenced many of

Thoreaus followers. One, of such people, was Martin Luther King Jr. Like Thoreau,

King recited a speech titled “I Have a Dream” in 1963. Both works contain similar

First, Thoreau is disappointed with the American government. One of Thoreau’s

reason for his disappointment is the fact that his government is also the slaves

government. Thoreaus ideal government is one that does not support slavery. Another

of Thoreaus disappointments, is that a great number of men serve their state not mainly

as men, but as machines, with their bodi

not prepared to give justice to slaves. Thoreau also thought that it is unjust to overrun

Thoreau believed that a person has a right to protest unjust laws by disobeying them.

know the conditions in which Negroes were living. King explains, in his speech, how

protest. Thoreau, the same as King were both great men and hard fighters for humanity

Another main point to Thoreaus lecture was the use of a non-violent protest.

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