Martin Luther King Jr. was a man who could awe a crowd by simply his words. During his I’ve Been To The Mountain Top speech, he did nothing different. This speech was given at the Bishop Charles Mason Temple, in Memphis, Tennessee. Unfortunately, this iconic speech was given on the eve of his assassination, April 3rd, 1968. Martin Luther King Jr. was expressing all types of cautions and awareness to his audience on how the community as a whole must come together in a non-violent, whole-heartedly manner. He urged during his sermon that they must not allow the injustices that have come down upon them, be hidden by the attention that the violence during protest that would occur. Dr. King stated “’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. Now, we've got to keep attention on that. That's always the problem with a little violence,’” and “’I read the articles. They very seldom got around to mentioning the fact that one thousand, three hundred sanitation workers were on strike, and that Memphis is not…show more content… King discussed with his community. He wanted the word to spread like a forest fire. As a black community in the United States, they accumulated more wealth than every nation in the world but 9. Dr. King said, “’We have an annual income of more than thirty billion dollars a year, which is more than all of the exports of the United States, and more than the national budget of Canada. Did you know that? That's power right there, if we know how to pool it,’” (par 20). I love the way he tries to make it sound as if the real power isn’t with the white community, but is actually on reminding the people that God is on their side. He says to them that the African American community is in a dire situation, and God chose that specific people of the church to make sure that Black Americans can have the equality that they
