I found a particular line in this speech to be very powerful, "Just the other day, just last Thursday to be exact, one of the finest citizens in Montgomery (Amen)—not one of the finest Negro citizens, (That’s right) but one of the finest citizens in Montgomery—was taken from a bus (Yes) and carried to jail and arrested (Yes) because she refused to get up to give her seat to a white person." When Dr. King describes Rosa Parks as one of the finest citizens in Montgomery and then goes on to specify that he means in general and not just of their race. I think that it really says something about the time that he has to clarify to make this point. An additional point that I found riveting was where Dr. King said since it had to happen he was glad that it happened to Parks, because no one could say that she was one to cause trouble in the community. King really drives home his point when he says that just for refusing to get out of her seat Parks was arrested.
After this act on Parks Dr. King organized the Montgomery Bus Boycott were blacks in the south boycotted the buses and walked everywhere or got rides from the few blacks who had cars. King goes on to express their need to stay united and work together and that together they don’t need to be afraid. He also talks about how in everything they do they must keep God in their forefront. Through all of the oppression and hardships and unfair treatment they kept their faith, I think that makes them some of the strongest citizens that have ever lived in the United States, then or now.
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