Blog Five: Knowledge is Power

What made Dr. King's speeches so effective was that His voice projection was so persuasive with optimism and confidence. The fact that He was a philosopher, He used spirituality to changed the listeners hearts and minds from hatred to love by teaching them to be forgiving. Dr. King's speeking power was made possible by pressing people's emotional buttons through the choice of words and His upright posture of a courageous role-model. The speeches were hopes and dreams that needed to become reality by uniting and moving forward in a single cause for justice. These speeches were full of messages and enthusiastic that you are not alone and the promise land is not far away. He had a dream to be fulfilled. The connection between non-violence practice and speech power is that speech power allows people to be emotional and be motivated and recognize what they are dealing with and how to carry out the steps. Non-violent pratice will be a steady, yet non-violent and activley progressing movement to seek justice for the oppressed constantly forcing their opponent to realize that He is wrong and needs to redeem.