Étude du discours I Have a Dream de Martin Luther King

Read the following excerpt from the 1963 'I Have a Dream' speech and answer the questions. 'I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.' Based on this text and your historical knowledge of the Civil Rights Movement: 1) Explain the rhetorical device used by Martin Luther King Jr. to inspire his audience. 2) In the context of the year $1963$, calculate the approximate number of years passed since the end of the American Civil War ($1865$). 3) Analyze why the use of the word 'dream' was a strategic choice to address the social inequalities of the $20^{th}$ century.