Robert F. Kennedy and the Civil Rights Movement
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Robert F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy was the younger brother of John F. Kennedy, who served as president from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. As Attorney General, Robert Kennedy was a strong supporter of the civil rights movement. In April 1968, while running his own campaign for president, he gave this eulogy on the evening of King's assassination. Just two months later, Robert Kennedy was himself killed by an assassin's bullet.
April 4, 1968
Rhetorical Devices
Rhetorical devices are techniques that allow writers to communicate ideas more effectively. Rhetorical devices are commonly used in speeches because they help keep an audience's attention. By analyzing rhetorical devices, you can gain insight into what makes a speech powerful or memorable.
Writers use diction, or word choice, as well as syntax, or sentence structure, to help create rhetorical devices. Two common rhetorical devices are repetition and parallelism.
Repetition is the use of a word, phrase, or sentence more than once for emphasis. Examples include 'Let us dedicate ourselves' and 'But we have to make an effort in the United States, we have to make an effort to understand.'
Parallelism is the use of similar grammatical constructions to express related ideas. Examples include 'In this difficult day, in this difficult time' and 'with bitterness, with hatred'.
MLK's Influence on Kennedy
How did MLK's words and actions help Kennedy in Montgomery? Kennedy continued that campaign until they achieved their goal of ending the humiliation and intimidation of black citizens there and elsewhere in Montgomery, or to use his words, '..to gain justice.'