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| Sojourner Truth |
Sojourner Truth , in her "Ain't I A Woman?" speech, discusses how women should have equal rights as men. She references her history of work, doing what men do, yet she is treated worse than men are. She could eat as much as a man, yet she cannot. She says men are given more than women - their cup holds a quart while hers a pint, and it's mean not to let her have her full share. She argues against the claim that women can't have as much rights as men because Christ is a man, saying that he came from God and a woman. She finishes by saying that women are asking for their rights they deserve, and men better give them to women.
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| Martin Luther King Jr. |
Truth's speech is similar to Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech, since both Truth and King are asking for equal rights for the group they fight for, and their speeches are powerful through repetition - Truth by repeating "Ain't I a woman?" and King repeating "I have a dream."
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