... Muslim preaching the equality of all races, but that blacks must help themselves. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I Have a Dream" speech at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. on August 28, 1963. Six months and one day later, in Washington Heights, Malcolm X warned his audience of their dwindling abilities to gain freedom; that they needed to use the power of their votes in order to ... he, King develops an excellent example of an extended metaphor that has a heavy connotation that blacks are owed the freedom that they lacked. " We have come to cash a check The architec...

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Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X were the principal leaders in the sixties fighting for civil rights: the basic freedom of citizens in a democratic society. They had some similarities: both were black, uncontested leaders, strong personalities with tremendous public-speaking ability, devoted to the same cause and struggling for the same goals: the end of racism, discrimination, exploitation and humiliation. King and X had so many differences that popular misinformation or misinterpretation ... that it can no longer be ignored" (King 27) he shows how the non-violence action method works. On ...

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... drawn from the Declaration of Independence which states that all men were created equal and all people should have the right to pursuit life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. King also makes a few allusions to the Bible; "Let us not seek to satisfy thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred," is the first allusion to the Bible in his speech ... . King does not want the equality-seeking listeners to go out and use force or start a battle to ... they have not received. All of the examples of metaphors were comparing how the black people were discriminated a...

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