Ying/Yang: The Pacifist and the AntagonistAmerica: Land of the Free, unless you were a black American during or before the 1960s. With such tribulation of a community as that experienced by African Americans, comes people with an equally powerful passion for revolution. That passion was the driving force behind two people in particular who drove the two biggest turning points during the civil rights movement. Both Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with his “I Have a Dream” and Malcolm . Together they create a message broad enough to get people to focus attention on the counterfeit freedom of African Americans and to influence civil rights reform. An in-depth analysis of the two lyrical artworks revealed that both speeches have the same goal of ending oppression for African Americans, but Dr. King's speech has an optimistic tone of hope and peace, while Malcolm's focuses pessimism and promotes violence. Both speeches use repetitive rhetoric as an artistic tool and that's part of what made them so memorable. Dr. King's speech primarily uses a logical appeal, while Malcolm's primarily uses an emotional appeal. King uses an optimistic tone expressing hope for an end to the oppression of African Americans. This tone is expressed with phrases such as: “1963 is not an end, but a beginning” (King, 1963). He doesn't want to dwell on the terrible past, but wants to look to the promising future. He reinforces this by explaining that under no circumstances should violence be used and not to lose faith in all white people in the pursuit of equality. Promotes pea... means of paper... ethical techniques in their transmission. Dr. King's speech was delivered as a motivational piece intended to stimulate integration optimism and strengthen hope for progressive equal rights. His rhetorical techniques are enriched with repetitive splendor and become an unforgettable part of his struggle. His speech is a commitment to equal rights, but he denounces any violent action taken to achieve it. Malcolm His rhetoric is charismatically displayed throughout his speech and even in his title. Both the pacifist and the antagonist connect to the demographic pole and why it is necessary to have both, with a little of each other, to invoke the full circle needed for reform.