MLK Day And Celebrating One of the Great Orators of our Time
January 17, 2011
Today is Martin Luther King, Jr. Day here in the U.S. and while there are many reasons to celebrate and commemorate the life and message of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., for communicators there is perhaps a particular aspect of King to reflect upon, namely his tremendous oratorical skills. Over on Ragan.com today, Andrew Dlugan analyzes MLK's most famous speech in "‘I Have a Dream’ holds 5 lessons for speechwriters and the post is well worth a read.
If you haven't listened to that speech in a while, it's worth the 11 minutes:
As a public speaker myself, I admittedly stand in awe of King's mastery of oratory.
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