College English
Sep 1999
Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream” in Context: Ceremonial Protest and African American Jeremiad
Abstract
Discusses how “I Have a Dream” is the product of African-American rhetorical traditions of ceremonial protest and jeremiad speech-making, rituals that had crystallized long before King was born. Describes the peaceful essences of the March on Washington and how it was a “Ceremonial Protest.” Considers the historical use of “I Have a Dream” over the previous 130 years.
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- College English
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- 1999-09-01
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- 10.58680/ce19991161
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