We’ve got some difficult days ahead. “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered this speech in support of the striking sanitation workers at Mason Temple in Memphis, TN on April 3, 1968 — the day before he was assassinated. But I'm not concerned about that now. And as soon as we got on that road, I said to my wife, “I can see why Jesus used this as the setting for his parable.” It’s a winding, meandering road. And I’m always happy to see a relevant ministry.It’s all right to talk about “long white robes over yonder,” in all of its symbolism. You have six or seven black insurance companies here in the city of Memphis. Survival demands that we grapple with them. That’s always the problem with a little violence. I call upon you to be with us when we go out Monday.Now about injunctions: We have an injunction and we’re going into court tomorrow morning to fight this illegal, unconstitutional injunction. We come to the end feeling both hopeful—"we, as a people, will get to the Promised Land" (45.10)—and bittersweet: "I may not get there with you" (45.9). In what follows, we will examine the topic of the speech – the Memphis sanitation strike and the achievements of the Civil Rights Movement—and look at the way the speaker discusses these topics by linking them to themes like violence, religion, and unity. I ask you to follow through here.Now, let me say as I move to my conclusion that we’ve got to give ourselves to this struggle until the end.Nothing would be more tragic than to stop at this point in Memphis. And whenever injustice is around he tell it. We are telling you to follow what we are doing. He had served as a missionary in India, deepening his belief in Ghandian nonviolence. Teachers Pay Teachers is an online marketplace where teachers buy and sell original educational materials.Are you getting the free resources, updates, and special offers we send out every week in our teacher newsletter?This resource includes the annotated text of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous " I’ve Been to the Mountaintop" speech given to an audience of sanitation workers in Memphis, TN before he was assassinated. But I know, somehow, that only when it is dark enough can you see the stars.
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Never stop and forget that collectively—that means all of us together—collectively we are richer than all the nations in the world, with the exception of nine. We just need to go around to these stores, and to these massive industries in our country, and say, “God sent us by here, to say to you that you’re not treating his children right. You start out in Jerusalem, which is about 1200 miles—or rather 1200 feet above sea level. It’s really conducive for ambushing. (Amen) But it really doesn't matter with me now, because I've been to the mountaintop. The issue is the refusal of Memphis to be fair and honest in its dealings with its public servants, who happen to be sanitation workers. Something is happening in our world. And then they can move on town—downtown and tell Mayor Loeb to do what is right.But not only that, we’ve got to strengthen black institutions.
Go by and tell them not to buy Sealtest milk. [Applause continues] Like anybody, I would like to live a long life—longevity has its place. On September 20, 1958, Mr. King was promoting “Stride Toward Freedom,” his book about the Montgomery Bus Boycott, in a crowded Harlem department store when Izola Ware Curry, a woman who had delusions and paranoia, stabbed him.
He spoke on April 3, 1968 at the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee, a day before his assassination. Somewhere I read that the greatness of America is the right to protest for right. The Wall Street Journal recently discovered what is believed to be that letter in archives of King’s correspondence at Morehouse College, his alma mater. And he was acting like he had been robbed and hurt, in order to seize them over there, lure them there for quick and easy seizure. And I would watch them around the Parthenon as they discussed the great and eternal issues of reality. I’d received a visit and a letter from the Governor of New York, but I’ve forgotten what that letter said. Not, “If I stop to help the sanitation workers what will happen to all of the hours that I usually spend in my office every day and every week as a pastor?” The question is not, “If I stop to help this man in need, what will happen to me?” The question is, “If I do not stop to help the sanitation workers, what will happen to them?” That’s the question.Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness.
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