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The Context of the "Dream"
The traditions and references in Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s "I Have a Dream" speech made it powerful and unforgettable.
One of the English classes at South Lakes High School analyzed Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s famous speech, "I Have a Dream," in anticipation of yesterday’s holiday. Only two of the students in the class understood the biblical references of the speech, which provides the context and the cadences, and really, the power behind the words. “You can’t understand King’s rhetoric without knowing his context,” said Tom Berlin, the senior pastor of Floris United Methodist Church. King was primarily a Baptist preacher, following his father and grandfather as pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, GA. King went from being a leader of the church to a leader of the civil rights movement, and his words didn’t change. “If you read his sermons and…
Alex Schad
4:33 pm on Monday, February 7, 2011
One, I'm very self-conscious about writing something that will be flagged as inappropriate. Two, I like this. I mean, it makes sense to me, but in another way it's all new because I've never really heard any of this before. Three, I totally would have read this article if it had come in any of my magazines. more ›