One great man wrote two moving pieces and more which ended up changing history. The man was Martin Luther King Jr. His two writings were “Letter from Birmingham City Jail” and his “I have a dream” speech. Martin Luther King Jr. may have written both of these readings but his styles changed when he changed his audience and purpose. I believe that these two writings are ones that were made to inspire change during the Civil Rights Movement.

“I have a dream” is one of M.L.K Jr.’s most famous speeches. He gave it at the March on Washington. “I have a dream” is pointed towards U.S citizens. The speech was made to inspire and motivate the audience. It was made of of short, simple and long, descriptive sentences. He uses a lot of repetition for emphasis. “But one hundred years later, the Negro still is not free. One hundred years later, the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” This is one example of repetition in his speech. The way he writes this, shows how African-Americans and other non-white races had suffered for too long without equal rights. So this made people think about the world they lived in and motivated them to change. 

“Letter from Birmingham City Jail” was another writing by M.L.K Jr. that he wrote while he was in jail. Letter from Birmingham was pointed towards ministers and male clergymen who had disagreed with his non-violent protest strategy, he also wrote a part towards the police and government. It was meant to give people the “moral responsibility to break unjust.” M.L.K Jr. formed the sentences out of long and descriptive wording. This is an example of descriptive wording: “Seldom do I pause to answer criticism of my work and ideas. If I sought to answer all the criticisms that cross my desk, my secretaries would have little time for anything other than such correspondence in the course of the day, and I would have no time for constructive work.” 

Even though both of these writings had different audiences and sentence structures they were both made to inspire. Without these writings, history would have been forever changed. M.L.K Jr. inspired many with his speeches and writings to make their world better for their future generations. We thank him for being able to sit next to whoever we want, go to the same movie as everyone else and go to school with everyone else.