MIA Mass Meeting-Friday

One important point that was made in this speech was telling the audience what a glory it is that we have to ability to protest. Since we live in America we have the ability to protest, its one of our many rights as citizens here in the United States. Martin Luther King used the word glory when he said "this is the glory of America" and "this is the glory of our democracy". He was talking about how nations that are communist and are part of a totalitarian regime do not have the glory of protest. He was implying that as good citizens we need to to stand up in protest when we feel something is not right and we should do this because we can.

A second important point that was made was that Martin Luther King made the point of saying that one of Montgomery's finest citizens had been arrested and he went on to say that it was not the finest Negro citizen but one of Montgomery's finest citizens. By saying this he caught the attention of some many people because he left out the Negro, which was the right thing to do. He implied that just because someone is a Negro that does not mean that they are not one of the finest citizens if not the finest.