\Ne will stay as long as we have to . . .
Mississippi,
1966
Supporters. including King, took up tbs march of Jarno« Meredith, whose walk
through Mississippi was stopped with a bullet. Meredith had broken the color barri­
er at Ole Miss four years earlier.
In Grenada. Mississippi. Stokely Carmichael spoke to 1.300 prospective voters In
front of the courthouse, and used the term "Black Power." For the first time dem­
onstrators questioned the effectiveness of passive resistance.
When the march reached Philadelphia, where civil rights workers Goodman.
Chaney and Schwerner had been murdered. Sheriff Rainey and Deputy Price, who
were indicted for the murders, stood behind King at a rally. When King remarked
thet the murderers were probably In the crowd, someone behind him said. "You're
damn right; they're right behind you___"
”We will suffer and die if we have to”
. . . I don’t know what will happen now. We have got difficult
days ahead. But it doesn't matter with me because I’ve been to
the mountain top. Like anyone else, I would like to live a long
life. But I’m not concerned with that. I just want to do God’s will
and He has allowed me to go up the mountain. I see the promised
land. I may not get there with you, but I want you to know
tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land. I am
happy tonight that I am not worried about anything. I’m not
fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming
of the Lord.
You all know the story of Rip Van Winkle. .. .
Everyone remembers that Winkle slept for twenty years.
But what is important is that when he went up on that moun­
tain to sleep there was a picture of King George hanging in the
town.
When he came down, there was a picture of George Washing­
ton in its place.
Rip Van Winkle slept through a revolution, but we cannot
afford to remain asleep. . . .
Our world is as a neighborhood.
“We must all learn to live together as brothers, or we will all
perish as fools.. . . ”
There are two challenges to America.
The challenges are racism and poverty.
In a few weeks a few of us are coming to Washington to see
if the will to meet those challenges still lives among us.
We’re not coming to engage in any histrionic action.
We are not coming to tear up Washington.
We are coming to engage in dramatic, nonviolent action.
We are coming, and we will stay as long as we have to. . . .
We will suffer and die if we have to. For I submit, nothing
will be done until people put their bodies and soul into this.
April 3, 1968
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