hey? Will Kings refusal make his dream a reality? Dreams and belief do not a reality make. King, like other black spokesmen, also stresses the coming of the inevitable. Encouraging people to act and to avoid complacency, King himself exhorts, We must speed up the coming of the inevitable (Facing 565). But has he understood the inevitable? In his famous I Have a Dream speech, King prophesies the following: It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. This sweltering summer of the Negros legitimate discontent will not pass until there is an invigorating autumn of freedom and equality (103). Knowing this, has the nation now entered into a fatal situation? Possibly. Kings vision has yet to be realized, and the sweltering and urgency are still propelling black society. Yes, King is not a prophet of rage. He advocates peace, brotherhood, and equality. However, much can be learned about rage from his words. Explaining where white oppression has led, King proclaims,But there comes a time when people get tired. There comes a time when people get tired of being trampled over by iron feet of oppression. There comes a time when people get tired of being plunged across the abyss of exploitation where they experience the bleakness of nagging despair. There comes a time when people get tired of being pushed out of the glittering sunlight of lifes July and left standing in the piercing chill of anAlpine November. (Facing 558)Arguing against the determination of some to racially dominate, King says, We do not wish to triumph over the white community. That would only result in transferring those now on the bottom to the top. But, if we can live up to nonviolence in thought and deed, there will emerge an interracial society based on freedom for all. (Our 13) If! What if rage is not kept in check? What if violence is not held back? When asked about receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in an interview, King respo...
