Analysis Of Rev. King's Speech

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Many people recall Rev. King as a peaceful man, and his “I Have a Dream”, speech preached just that, but as time prolonged and the racial crisis in American has still not dramatically changed. “When our days become dreary with low-hovering clouds of despair, and when our nights become darker than a thousand midnights, let us remember that there is a creative force in this universe, working to pull down the gigantic mountains of evil, a power that is able to make a way out of no way and transform dark yesterdays into bright tomorrows. Let us realize the arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice” (Sermon at Temple Israel of Hollywood). Rev. King’s philosophy was that non-violence would weaken the morale of the oppressor’s …show more content…
That was a huge red flag to white America during that time which was not looking for such drastic changes. King would continue his speech and would urge people to “question the capitalistic economy” stating during his trip to Mississippi in February of 1968 that: “It didn’t cost the nation one penny to integrate lunch counters…but now we are dealing with issues that cannot be solved without the nation spending billions of dollars and undergoing a radical redistribution of economic power.” But because King had become so radicalized, he lost some of his close supporters including that of President Johnson and some key people within the …show more content…
But King seeing that his efforts were becoming futile and stagnant still pressed on. The fight for equality was something that King was real passionate about and he would lay his life down for it if that may be the case. In his book, Strength to Love, King addresses such issue: “There are some things so dear, some things so precious, some things so eternally true, that they are worth dying for. And I submit to you that if a man has not discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.” King started to realize that his time would soon come, he even resorted to making some changes of authority within his organization. During his speech at Bishop Charles Mason Temple King spoke, “Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter with me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like any man, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over. And I’ve seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people will get to the promised land. And I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about
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