Obama/King

Some similar things between the two speeches is that they were both hard to read and very long. But they both focused on the struggle it has been for African-Americans previous to their speeches, and how they would like to change that for the future. Obama's focused more on his life, not just as a black man but a mixed man and how that was growing up. Being raised as a Muslim and then moving to Christianity later in life. How his pastor, at his local church, was very controversial in the fact that his sermons were very negative to the United States. But Obama still stands behind his pastor. He talked about not only helping the African-American group, but all different groups all over the world, because his family is so mixed.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech was more like a history lesson, comparing historical figures like Socrates, Hitler, or different reverends. Just comparing them to situations that African-Americans go through. Or historical events like the Boston Tea Party. He also mentioned that we need to improve the churches or America by capturing the sacrificial spirit of the early churches. And if we don't, people might turn to a different leader.
Both speeches are saying that they want to improve the life of the American-American people, we have come a long ways since Martin Luther King, Jr. made his speech, but there is still speeches for equal rights for blacks. Maybe not so much for equal rights, but just for respect, because their is still a lot of racist people in this world. And we have a long ways to go before we can eliminate that hatred, if we ever can.