This was the speech the last speech that Dr. King had done before his murder in Memphis, TN, on April 4, 1968. Dr King did not abscond the truth about the ineffable conditions that African Americans had to endure during the civil rights movement. When King spoke about the moutaintop, he basically said that whether or not he would live or die, he just wanted to do God's will. Even though he was stabbed in the chest, he realized that if he had "sneezed" he would have died. Dr. King knew that if he had died that his dream would have became a nightmare but he knew God had a purpose for his life. When he made his speech, to me, was like he fortold his death because he knew that his purpose had ran it's course. Though he was addressing the problems pertaing the sanitation workers, he felt lugubrious about how the segregated south and their "Jim Crow" mentality of hate continued to spread like conflagrations . Dr. King was very influential to people of all races across the globe. We should look at Dr. King's life so that we may become better people knowing that we all can have our dreams come true if we have a vision. He was a very audacious leader that believed that non-violence, perserverence and a strong faith in God. Though they murdered Dr. Martin Luther King, but his dream will always remain eternal.
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