John Lewis justifies that people of color will no longer let inequality be put off to the side as if it does not matter. To illustrate this idea of the government taking long for equality for all John Lewis states, “How long can we be patient?” which can be seen as Lewis saying he is tired of waiting for the government to enforce equality for all. At this moment in the speech, John has become demanding for the justice of all men and women, but also impatient with the government for constantly saying to wait a bit more longer . From this reader can interpret that the government was putting the movement for equal rights to the side due to not being as important as other movements in the government's eyes. To get into more depth of this idea of
