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Luther King's Speech Thesis

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Martin Luther King’s speech “The Montgomery Bus Boycott” was spoken in 1955, in order, to protest segregated bussing in the South. Meanwhile, President Eisenhower was urged to solve the social climate change in Mississippi following the lynching of Emmett Till. King’s and Eisenhower’s speeches contain themes that are interconnected and essentially illustrate how King and Eisenhower contributed immensely to The Civil Rights Movement and had to resolve many national complex situations that shaped the outcome of this potent political and social force. The nationwide funeral of Emmett Till was more of a political statement than a mother grieving for her child. Mamie Till Bradley opened her sons’ casket, even though a white southerner brutally lynched him. Although Emmett Till broke segregation rules by talking fresh to a white woman, Mrs. Bradley wanted her son to die a hero and for this to be a learning experience. Specifically, the NAACP kept it in the news, in order, to make a point of southern racism. This courageous event generated a political movement which conveyed to the world how wicked circumstances in the south truly was. After the lynching of Emmett Till, the social climate in Mississippi changed dramatically, and Whitehouse staffer E. Frederick Morrow expressed his concern on president Eisenhower directly. Morrow communicated that the Till case was a nationwide event, and an adverse change was about to come because “the harassed Negro is sullen, bitter, and

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