The document I read was about King's speech he delivered in Memphis at the Mason Temple Church. His speech was regarding the previous strike that took place in Memphis. There was a sanitation workers' union which assembled and went on strike due to the unfair wages they were receiving. This strike was supposed to be a non-violence strike, but violence broke out. King's speech focused on the important concepts the people in the strike and the black community as a whole needed to carry out. He first brought up unity. Without unity their efforts in ending injustice would fail, he made it very clear that they have to stick together no matter what and their togetherness makes their fight stronger. A very important point he brought up later in his speech was about the individual's intentions towards justice, when bringing up the story of the Good Samaritan. King said that one should not be solely worried about themselves and how taking time out of their day to go to a strike will affect themself. However, that individual should have the mind set off of just them, but they should be fighting for all blacks as a whole, and not just think about how things only affect themself as an individual. Throughout King's lesson he was trying to teach in his speech when he brought up the story of the Good Samaritan he was teaching his audience about having empathy towards others, and not just towards ourselves. He made it clear that during these times of their fight towards justice people cannot be selfish and only worry about themselves. Ultimately King was telling his audience that the black community is one and that they have to think of themselves as one, and fight for each other’s rights just as much as their own. It all comes back to that sense of unity which King started his speech off with. When they are fighting as one they are more powerful, and they will only continue to have that togetherness if they have empathy towards each other.
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