Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:
- Textbook: Chapter 7, 8
- Lesson 3
- APA style manual
- Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers At CU
- Library Overview
- How to Search for Articles – the Everything Tab
Instructions
Social Movements are only as important as the person leading them. The person(s) leading a social movement must have charisma and be able to captivate an audience. Political scientists and historians are taught to analyze body language, especially during debates and speeches.
For this assignment, you will watch Dr Martin Luther King’s I Have a Dream (Links to an external site.) speech and a speech by Alicia Garza of the Black Lives Matter movement (Links to an external site.) and answer questions listed below. Pay special attention to the following aspects in the two speeches.
- Importance of body language while delivering the speech.
- Gestures, cadence and delivery style.
Answer the following
- Provide a summary of the two speeches.
- Compare Dr. King’s leadership, charisma, power and passion to capture his audience to Alicia Garza’s speech. What are the similarities, if any? What are the differences, if any?
- How does the location of the speeches support their messaging? Dr. King’s speech was held in a church and at the Lincoln Memorial, whereas today we have social networking and more avenues to relay messages. Does messaging make a difference?
- Describe how the audience in Dr. King’s speeches relate to the Alicia Garza’s audience. Do you see a similarity or differences in the speeches and in the audience?
Paper Requirements (APA format)
- Length: 2-3 pages of substantive content
- 12 pt font
- Parenthetical in-text citations included and formatted in APA style
- References page (a minimum of 2 outside scholarly sources plus the textbook and/or the weekly lesson for each course outcome) . At least one of the references should be a state constitution.
- Title and introduction pages are present.
SOLUTION
Summary of the Speeches
Martin Luther King was a social and human rights activist whose speech on public freedom and jobs touched the lives of many Blacks. In his speech entitled, I have a dream that the social activist delivered in 1963 on August 28th at Washington DC, King aimed at addressing social oppression that befell black Americans during that time. Martin Luther King, therefore, earned himself the title ‘Civil rights activist in the USA, following his efforts to fight for the social, economic, and civil rights of the black Americans (Rare Facts, 2017). His move was also purposed to end racism in the country, and that is why Luther King’s speech was delivered to 250 000 supporters, was given the title of an iconic speech ever delivered in USA history.
On the other hand, a speech delivered by Alicia Garza on the Blacks lives matter movement was given with almost the same agenda as those of Luther King. Please click the purchase button to access the entire copy at $10