The rhetorical study to be undertaken is that of Robert F. Kennedy’s iconic address, which he delivered without advance notice after the death of Martin Luther King Jr. in 1968. The Civil Rights Movement was in full swing in America in the late 1960s, and the nation was facing a…
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The length between 1960 and 1970 was marred by racism, violence and assassination of great leaders like Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King. Inspired by Kennedy’s appeals for youthful idealism, civil rights movements swung into action. Among the famous groups consist of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) whose…
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After the murder of President J. F. Kennedy, President Lyndon Johnson was sworn in. He immediately embarked on his goal and goal of eradicating poverty in the United States after endorsing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. By signing the Economic Opportunity Act adopted in 1964, he founded the Great…
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In October 1962, the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred as an outcome of the direct and deadly battle between the United States and the Soviet Union, two worldwide superpowers. The incident happened during the Cold War. Throughout this disaster, the two lands almost involved themselves in a nuclear war. When the…
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