George Wallace Speech Discussion

Here are the instructions:

1. Locate at least three key claims in the speech. What is Wallace arguing? What sort of reaction is he seeking from his audience? (6-7 sentences)
2. What features of demagoguery do you see exemplified in this speech? Find at least two quotations and describe, in detail, how closely they demonstrate Roberts-Miller’s notions of demagoguery. (7-9 sentences)
3. What fallacies do you see in this speech? Locate at least one, cite, and explain. (5-6 sentences)
4. What are some other striking characteristics of this address? For example, observe Wallace’s diction (word choice), use of imagery, metaphor, and analogy. What is particularly revealing about it? (6-7 sentences)

the file below is the speech to answer these questions.

some extra historical context is:

1957: More than 1,000 paratroopers from the 101st Airborne Division and a federalized Arkansas National Guardprotect nine black students integrating Central High School in Little Rock, Ark.

1962: A federal appeals court orders the University of Mississippi to admit James Meredith, an African American student. Upon his arrival, a mob of more than 2,000 white people riots.

1963: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html (Links to an external site.)
Martin Luther King is arrested and jailed during anti-segregation protests in Birmingham, Ala.; he writes his seminal “Letter from Birmingham Jail (Links to an external site.),” arguing that individuals have the moral duty to disobey unjust laws.

1963: Two African American students, Vivian Malone and James A. Hood, successfully register at the University of Alabama despite George Wallace’s “stand in the schoolhouse door” — but only after President Kennedy federalizes the Alabama National Guard.