"I've Been to the Mountaintop" is the popular name of the last speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr.
King spoke on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee. The next day, King was assassinated.
The speech primarily concerns the Memphis Sanitation Strike. King calls for unity, economic actions, boycotts, and nonviolent protest, and challenges the United States to live up to its ideals. A...
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"I've Been to the Mountaintop" is the popular name of the last speech delivered by Martin Luther King, Jr.
King spoke on April 3, 1968, at the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee. The next day, King was assassinated.
The speech primarily concerns the Memphis Sanitation Strike. King calls for unity, economic actions, boycotts, and nonviolent protest, and challenges the United States to live up to its ideals. At the end of the speech, he discusses the possibility of an untimely death.
Regarding the strike, King said:
Regarding the Civil Rights struggle, King said:
Regarding economic boycotts, he said:
Toward the end of the speech, King refers to threats against his life and uses language that seems to foreshadow his impending death:
The language is seen by some as a "prophetic" analogy. Moses is the leader of the people of Israel, whom they follow because of the prospect of life within a Promised Land. Before they reach it however, Moses is informed...
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