Wednesday, August 28, 2013

The Shape of Spectacular Speech: A Visual Analysis of MLK's "I Have a Dream"

The Shape of Spectacular Speech: A Visual Analysis of MLK's "I Have a Dream" | Brain Pickings "Duarte notes the Dr. King spoke in short bursts more reminiscent of poetry than of long-winded lecture-speak and highlights his most powerful rhetorical devices — repetition, metaphors, visual words, references to political documents, citations from sacred texts and spiritual songs — in a fascinating visualization of the speech, demonstrating how it embodies the core principles of her book."

Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech analyzed by Nancy Duarte from Duarte on Vimeo.

Also, The Copyright Battle Behind 'I Have a Dream'. "As Washington gears up to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s historic 'I Have a Dream' speech later this month, one thing might be missing from the celebrations: the speech itself. A full, unedited video clip of the speech is tougher to find than you might think, because of copyright disputes that date back almost as far as the speech itself."

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