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Challenges Of Dr. King's Speech In The 1960s

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What are some challenges that Dr. King would face in spreading his message today that he would not have faced in the 1960s and how are those challenges effecting his ability to further his message? In all honesty, Dr. King would have a different crowd today then in the 1960s. In the 1960s, not only was the people worse towards Dr. King but they were just plain worse in society. Right before Dr. King gave his famous speech in 1963, "throughout the 1960's, bus riding Freedom Riders, marchers, boycotters and other protesters continued their crusade for freedom and were met with fierce white and establishment resistance. Riots, bombings, beatings and shootings were common as growing thousands of civil rights protesters marched throughout the South …show more content…

King were to give his speech today. If King's words were to lead today's beliefs, either way there would be and are still many who believe that there shouldn't be equal rights between the two races but many more who are and would be convinced by King's words and beliefs. The differences would be that his message would have been advertised better due to social media and other internet uses. Due to the world's actions, I strongly believe that there would be riots. However, The reality where Dr. King isn't present, according to statistical evidence, "An overwhelming majority of blacks (88%) say the country needs to continue making changes for blacks to have equal rights with whites, but 43% are skeptical that such changes will ever occur. An additional 42% of blacks believe that the country will eventually make the changes needed for blacks to have equal rights with whites, and just 8% say the country has already made the necessary changes. A much lower share of whites (53%) say the country still has work to do for blacks to achieve equal rights with whites, and only 11% express doubt that these changes will come. Four-in-ten whites believe the country will eventually make the changes needed for blacks to have equal rights, and about the same share (38%) say enough changes have already been made (Source 2)." The challenges that Dr. King would probably face is negativity on social media and

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