Who is speaking?
Jesse L. Jackson
Why was/is the speech important to society?
This speech was important because it was for when he was running for the democratic nominee in the 1984 presidential election. He was the second African American to mount a nationwide campaign for President of the United States. The speech was is the address to the democratic convention, on July 18, 1984.
Why do you feel this is important or interesting?
I feel like this speech is important because of the history behind it and it is relevant to today because we have the first African American as the president today. As well, it is interesting how incorporates God into his speech.
what is the emotion, mood, tone, personality, feeling of the speech?
Throughout the speech, there is a sense of power, strength, and motivation. It’s a very uplifting speech to the changes that are starting to happen. Overall, it’s very moving to anyone who was supporting Jackson.
What is intonation, emphasis, what is loud, stressed, or soft. Where are there pauses..
The entire speech is very loud and there long pauses when there is applauding. He takes slight pauses repeatedly in the beginning when he is listing things. As well, he uses an emphasis when he starts talking about God. Overall, there is the same loud tone throughout the entire speech.
What do you FEEL should be loud or soft, long pause or rushed?
The beginning and the end of the speech should be the loudest and biggest. Some of the story telling he does in the middle should be rushed and also the applauding.
Is there a call to action? When listening to it what are the key/emphasized words?
The call to action is to gain democratic votes for him as the democratic nominee.
The words that are emphasized are mainly God and me. At the end of the speech, “Our flag is red, white and blue, but our nation is a rainbow -- red, yellow, brown, black and white” is really emphasized.
How does it make you feel?
The speech makes me feel powerful and inspired.
How do you imagine that the audience felt?
I imagine the audience felt inspired and moved to be there. The audience must have also felt proud to be a part of history. Especially, since Jackson is the second African American to have a major political campaign. I can only imagine the audience smiling at the end after experiencing such an amazing speech.
Could there be another interpretation of the speech
Yes, it can be interpreted as a non-political speech because of the many references to God and there aren’t that many political things he states in his speech.
Write/find a short bio, of the person giving the speech
Jackson was born Jesse Louis Burns in Greenville, South Carolina, to Helen Burns, a 16-year-old single mother. His biological father, Noah Louis Robinson, a former professional boxer and a prominent figure in the community, was married to another woman when Jesse was born. He was not involved in his son's life. In 1943, two years after Jesse's birth, his mother married Charles Henry Jackson, who would adopt Jesse 14 years later. Jesse went on to take the surname of his stepfather. Jackson attended Sterling High School, a segregated high school in Greenville, where he was a student-athlete. Upon graduating in 1959, he rejected a contract from a professional baseball team so that he could attend the racially integrated University of Illinois on a football scholarship. an American civil rights activist and Baptist Minister. He was a candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1984 and 1988 and served as shadow senator for the District of Columbia from 1991 to 1997. He was the founder of both entities that merged to form Rainbow/PUSH.
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