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"battered by the storms of persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality."
The African Americans have been getting beat so much. the comes like a storm. so they know that its already coming. they cant prevent it from happening

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"Some of you have come from areas where your

quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution

and staggered by the winds of police brutality".
Dr.king uses imagery to help the people understand the events that have and will occur and tries to help the reader understand that it will be times of struggle.

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"With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of

despair a stone of hope"
I believe he used natural imagery in this so people could get a sense of hope. Mountains are usually big structures and in terms of this quote, lots of hope.

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So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New

Hampshire; let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of

New York; let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies

of Pennsylvania (MLK Jr)

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"...One day on the red hills of Georgia, sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood"(King Jr).
Martin Luther King Jr. said this because he wanted equality of all people (white and black). he wants everyone to be treated the same.

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"with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression,will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice"Dr.king uses imagery as a way to truly define and encourage the public so they would understand how important freedom is.

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"Let freedom ring from Stone

Mountain of Georgia; let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain

of Tennessee; let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of

Mississippi."From every mountainside, let freedom ring." " ( King Jr)
Martin Luther is basically saying let freedom ring from everywhere, from mountains as in a high top so everyone can have that freedom.  He knew people would keep hearing it and they would want to let freedom ring, Martin Luther wanted freedom everywhere (mountain tops)

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"....battered by the storms persecution and staggered by the winds of police brutality". (Martin Luther King Jr.)

This is an example of what happened back then and how it was affecting certain people for things they did not do to the police and today you see some of that now but you saw more when Martin Luther King Jr. was alive. The persecution part was about how the people got persecuted for no reason or for something they did not do.

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"Heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice"(Martin Luther king Jr). Since an oasis is someplace in a desert where water is found and heat would be associated with a desert. so when Martin Luther king said this he meant that oppression would no longer be a problem and we will learn from it by turning it into "An oasis of freedom and justice"

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"It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream."(King jr.)
I think what King meant by this was the dream of letting blacks and whites get together and be nice together is there but deeply rooted in the American dream which means its there but its barley there.

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"Some of you have come fresh from narrow jail cells."
It's saying that black people having been going to jail for doing the right thing, but to white people what they were doing is a crime. so they take the African Americas to jail. Most of African Americans come straight out of just to be treated the crap

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" Sweltering with the heat of injustice,  sweltering with the heat of oppression will be transformed into an oasis and freedom ( King jr. ). Hes saying living in a world where things aren't fair and their life is controlled, things in the future will change and they will then have freedom.

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"let us not wallow in the valley of despair" ( king jr.)
wallow means to relax yourself and if you let despair take over you will have no hope for what you believe in or stand for

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"I still have a dream. It is a

dream deeply rooted in the American dream" ( King Jr.).  Martin Luther king says that we are deeply rooted in the american dream which is like saying he is attached to this dream or idea of freedom from segregation and being truly free.

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"It is a

dream deeply rooted in the American dream" (King Jr). Martin Luther King is saying how he is very attached to the idea of having freedom. And how everyone should be apart of the american dream.

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"not wallow in the valley of despair" (King Jr.).
Wallow means you let your  self relax and sink deep in to despair. Valleys are dark and unsafe and relates to how it would be if they let despair take over. They would have no hope for changes and would stand for what they believe.

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"I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice"(Martin Luther King Jr.)  The states that are "sweltering with the heat or oppression of injustice" or will be the hardest to get the freedoms they deserve to live in a safe place or "oasis".

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So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New

Hampshire; let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of

New York; let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies

of Pennsylvania; let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies

of Colorado; let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of

California. But not only that. Let freedom ring from Stone

Mountain of Georgia; let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain

of Tennessee; let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of

Mississippi."From every mountainside, let freedom ring."
He chose to write this quote to inspire the whole nation to let freedom reign upon the African American culture. He wanted change, so he kept saying "let freedom ring" over and over to drill it in to everyone's head that everyone should be treated equal, there should be peace in America for once, everyone should love one another.

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"Some of you have come from areas where your

quest for freedom left you battered by the storms of persecution

and staggered by the winds of police brutality"(Martin Luther King Jr.)
Storms can be heavy and demolishing which makes this word a perfect metaphor for persecution because those situations can be messy and damaging as well.

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"Lift our nation from the quicksands of racial justice to the solid rock of brotherhood" (King Jr.)
Quicksand can swallow a person and render them powerless. It can overwhelm them, especially if they fight to get out. If they let themselves be calm/peaceful, they can get out. A rock is difficult to break. Peace, love, and friendship should be an unbreakable force.