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Crystal Franzese
Chamberlain University
POLI330N Analyzing Body Language
Professor Fuss
9/22/24
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Dr Martin Luther King and Alicia Garza both provide a detailed history of how
racial injustice in America has affected so many black American lives in the past and the present.
Dr. Martin Luther King “I have a dream is a speech” was delivered in front of over 250,000
attendees including civil right supporters at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. He
expressed that the country needs to be held accountable to own up to the promise of freedom,
justice, and equality as stated in the signed Emancipation Proclamation (Washington D.C 2017).
Slavery, segregation, and racial inequality remained one hundred years after the promise to
deliver freedom and equality. Dr. King expresses in hope that one day the country will make it a
reality that all men we be considered equal. “I Have a Dream” speech shaped history as he
pleaded with those on the front lines of the civil rights movement not to let bitterness and hatred
define their actions. Tanner pulls forward in her writing how Dr. King talks about his dreams that
his children will one day live in a society where they will be judged by content of their character
not by the color of their skin and that, in the future, black children and white children will join
hands as sisters and brothers (2021).
In comparison to Dr Kings speech the co-founder of the Black Lives Mater
movement Alicia Garza also targets racial injustice in her speech. Her speech “Black Lives
Matter” highlights how racism is still affecting the black community. She talks about those who
have lost their lives due to racism and provides statistics regarding prison population and the
percentage of black occupants compared to other races. Alicia forces the public to hear the ugly
truth that although changes have been made since the speech delivered by Dr. King, there is still
racial injustice in America. Black mothers fear for the lives and safety of their children. Garza
speaks about how domestic work is still populated mainly by black woman who are under paid,
Crystal Franzese
Chamberlain University
POLI330N Analyzing Body Language
Professor Fuss
9/22/24
, 2
Dr Martin Luther King and Alicia Garza both provide a detailed history of how
racial injustice in America has affected so many black American lives in the past and the present.
Dr. Martin Luther King “I have a dream is a speech” was delivered in front of over 250,000
attendees including civil right supporters at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. He
expressed that the country needs to be held accountable to own up to the promise of freedom,
justice, and equality as stated in the signed Emancipation Proclamation (Washington D.C 2017).
Slavery, segregation, and racial inequality remained one hundred years after the promise to
deliver freedom and equality. Dr. King expresses in hope that one day the country will make it a
reality that all men we be considered equal. “I Have a Dream” speech shaped history as he
pleaded with those on the front lines of the civil rights movement not to let bitterness and hatred
define their actions. Tanner pulls forward in her writing how Dr. King talks about his dreams that
his children will one day live in a society where they will be judged by content of their character
not by the color of their skin and that, in the future, black children and white children will join
hands as sisters and brothers (2021).
In comparison to Dr Kings speech the co-founder of the Black Lives Mater
movement Alicia Garza also targets racial injustice in her speech. Her speech “Black Lives
Matter” highlights how racism is still affecting the black community. She talks about those who
have lost their lives due to racism and provides statistics regarding prison population and the
percentage of black occupants compared to other races. Alicia forces the public to hear the ugly
truth that although changes have been made since the speech delivered by Dr. King, there is still
racial injustice in America. Black mothers fear for the lives and safety of their children. Garza
speaks about how domestic work is still populated mainly by black woman who are under paid,
