During the fight for civil rights in America, the primary leader and eloquent speaker Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize. MLK’s acceptance speech emphasizes the radical injustices the black community was facing, and still is facing today. Expressing the importance of treating people equally; using love to combat violence. MLK develops compassion by expressing the injustices endured by the black community, compelling the reader/ viewers to support his mission for civil rights with non-violence. First of all, MLK conveys a sense of compassion in his speech by displaying how the black community is still suffering from inequality. An example of this is shown on page 1 stating,” In Birmingham, Alabama, our children, crying out for
