This is the last speech given by Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr, delivered on April 3, 1968 to a crowded church, in Memphis Tennessee. King spoke of the injustice he felt for the city's sanatoriam workers who were on strike protesting low pay and poor working conditions.
Amid the call for African-Americans to boycott businesses that mistreated workers , he delivered a sermon, without notes, that focused on his life and disavowed any concern that he might be killed for his role in the fight for civil rights.
'Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. Longevity has its place. But I'm not concerned about tat now,' the Rev. Mr King said that evening. 'I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you, But I want you to know tonight, that we as people , will get to the promised land,!'
Now known as ' I've been to the Mountaintop,' the sermon was called King's ' ,most apocalyptic' y King scholar James Washington.
He was assassinated in Memphis, Tennesee the next day, today April 4, 1968. If you listen to the words, it's almost as if he was predicting his own death, powerfully prophetic.His strong voice still speaking out and touching us.in this age of Trump and rising Bigotry we need voices like King's more than ever. A man who refused to dilute his ideas, with integrity and passion for the causes of equality, justice and freedom, long may we celebrate his brave voice and his powerful legacy.
