2006/03/01 by Mark T. Vail · 1 citation
Arts and Humanities · Psychology · #Rhetoric and Communication Studies #American Political and Social Dynamics #Dream #Rhetorical question #Rhetoric #Spectacle #Context (archaeology) #Sociology #Style (visual arts) #Action (physics) #Law #Philosophy #Linguistics #Political science #Art #Literature #Psychology #History
paper · doi:10.1353/rap.2006.0032
openalex publication_date 2006/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/08/01
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech exhibits an "integrative" rhetorical style that mirrors and maintains King's call for a racially integrated America. Employing the theoretical concepts of voice merging, dynamic spectacle, and the prophetic voice, this essay examines how text and context converge to form a rhetorical moment consonant with the goals of the speech, the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, and the nonviolent direct-action civil rights movement.