This particular speech was very mixed. At times he was reflective in discussing his previous victories in Selma and other victories for civil rights. Other parts of the speech he gave advice on how to go about protests. At the end of the speech he focused the idea of foresight. He gave his vision of what he believed would happen as time went by.
The audience of this speech was a few different groups. The main group was the sanitation workers of Memphis who were displeased with their current suffering of poverty. The other main audience was the black community in Memphis. Their involvement was needed to protest for more equality for these sanitation workers.
Dr. King had described the state of the nation to be sick and confused. He believed …show more content…
King was there to support was the strike of 1,300 sanitation workers. He was there to help guide the protest in order to make sure that they were successful. The three strategies that he suggested were the following: support only black businesses, put savings into black banks, and to be insured by the black insurance companies. He also asked the African American community to develop a sense of unity and unselfishness, and awareness for the issues at hand, which in this case was injustice.
Later in the speech Dr. King talks about his near death experience. He was in New York for a book-signing event, where an insane woman had attempted to take his life, by stabbing him. He explained how the tip of the blade was just inches from his aorta. People had claimed that if he had just sneezed, he would have been dead. He then uses that idea of being thankful for not sneezing, because if he had not, he would not have been around for all of these monumental civil right’s events.
Dr. King prophesized both his destiny and the African American’s destiny. For his destiny, he believed that he has all but completed his destiny. Having been apart of all of the events he had previously stated such as Selma and Birmingham. As for the destiny of the African American people, he believes that there is still much to be done and much more to …show more content…
They are treated fair judicially and are given equal opportunities in the work force. They also no longer have to be judged as Dr. King stated in his “I Have a Dream” speech “the color of their skin, but the content of their character”. I personally do not believe African Americans have reached the promise land. There have been great strides toward that idea. Life in America has improved for them a great deal. However, they still face many injustices such as; mass institutionalism, police brutality, and economic inequality. I hope that more effort and awareness can be put forward by the coming generations to one day reach the promise
The audience of this speech was a few different groups. The main group was the sanitation workers of Memphis who were displeased with their current suffering of poverty. The other main audience was the black community in Memphis. Their involvement was needed to protest for more equality for these sanitation workers.
Dr. King had described the state of the nation to be sick and confused. He believed …show more content…
King was there to support was the strike of 1,300 sanitation workers. He was there to help guide the protest in order to make sure that they were successful. The three strategies that he suggested were the following: support only black businesses, put savings into black banks, and to be insured by the black insurance companies. He also asked the African American community to develop a sense of unity and unselfishness, and awareness for the issues at hand, which in this case was injustice.
Later in the speech Dr. King talks about his near death experience. He was in New York for a book-signing event, where an insane woman had attempted to take his life, by stabbing him. He explained how the tip of the blade was just inches from his aorta. People had claimed that if he had just sneezed, he would have been dead. He then uses that idea of being thankful for not sneezing, because if he had not, he would not have been around for all of these monumental civil right’s events.
Dr. King prophesized both his destiny and the African American’s destiny. For his destiny, he believed that he has all but completed his destiny. Having been apart of all of the events he had previously stated such as Selma and Birmingham. As for the destiny of the African American people, he believes that there is still much to be done and much more to …show more content…
They are treated fair judicially and are given equal opportunities in the work force. They also no longer have to be judged as Dr. King stated in his “I Have a Dream” speech “the color of their skin, but the content of their character”. I personally do not believe African Americans have reached the promise land. There have been great strides toward that idea. Life in America has improved for them a great deal. However, they still face many injustices such as; mass institutionalism, police brutality, and economic inequality. I hope that more effort and awareness can be put forward by the coming generations to one day reach the promise