Skylar Williams Frost English Honors 9-5 9 April 2024 Hope and Determination. Martin Luther King used hope and determination to help put an end to segregation by speaking without prejudice while also keeping his stance on the white community. King wrote dozens of speeches and letters to further combat the act of segregation, his most notable being "I Have a Dream" and “Letter from Birmingham Jail" as these pieces pushed back against segregation the most. Martin Luther King was very determined on using nonviolent protest, as he thought there was a better way to solve segregation without the use of violence. King sticks to his beliefs and remains determined to achieve his goals as shown in "I Have a Dream" where he states in paragraph 10 "But …show more content…
Perhaps I must turn my faith to the inner spiritual church, the church within the church, as the true ekklesia18 and the hope of the world." This solidifies King's stance towards violence. In addition to remaining determined, King also held onto hope and spread said hope to his community by reassuring them that they weren't alone in the battle of segregation by listing the names of various white people that supported the black community as shown in “Letter From Birmingham Jail” paragraph 32 where he states "I suppose I should have realized that few members of the oppressor race can understand the deep groans and passionate yearnings of the oppressed race, and still fewer have the vision to see that injustice must be rooted out by strong, persistent and determined action." I am thankful, however, that some of our white brothers in the South have grasped the meaning of this social revolution and committed themselves to it. They are still all too few in quantity, but they are big in quality." Another piece of evidence to support this is from "I Have a Dream" where he states "As in so many past experiences, our hopes had been blasted, and the shadow of deep disappointment settled upon