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There are literally two Americas
- During a speech at Stanford University in 1967, one year before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “there are literally two Americas. One America is beautiful… overflowing with the milk of prosperity and the honey of opportunity.
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Martin Luther King, Jr.: And I’d like to use as a subject from which to speak this afternoon, the other America. And I use this subject because there are literally two Americas. One America is beautiful for our situation. And in a sense, this America is overflowing with the miracle of prosperity and the honey of opportunity.
Jan 17, 2021 · There are literally two Americas. Every city in our country has this kind of dualism, this schizophrenia, split at so many parts, and so every city ends up being two cities rather than one.
Excerpt from Martin Luther King, Jr. at Grosse Pointe High School on March 14, 1968 "I want to use as a title for my lecture tonight, "The Other America." And I use this title because there are literally two Americas.
Speech by. Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Grosse Pointe High School - March 14, 1968. Rev. Dr. Harry Meserve, Bishop Emrich, my dear friend Congressman Conyers, ladies and gentlemen. I need not pause to say how very delighted I am to be here tonight and to have the great privilege of discussing with you some of the vital issues confronting our ...
Apr 5, 2013 · During a speech at Stanford University in 1967, one year before he was assassinated, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. said, “there are literally two Americas. One America is beautiful… overflowing...
Nov 4, 2023 · TWO AMERICAS. I’d like to use as a subject from which to speak this afternoon: The Other America. And I use this subject because there are literally two Americas. One America is beautiful for a situation. And in a sense this America is overflowing with the milk of prosperity and the honey of opportunity. This America is the habitat of ...
Two Americas is a phrase used by Martin Luther King Jr. in his speech "The Other America" to describe the differences in what life is like for Black/African-Americans and Whites due to the lack of equal protection under the law and the racial class system designed to keep people with African and Native ancestry from equality and freedom.
