17 million Negroes cannot do as you suggest and wait for the hearts of men to change. We want to enjoy now the rights that we feel we are entitled to as Americans. This we cannot do unless we pursue aggressively goals which all other Americans achieved over 150 years ago." How might Martin Luther King Jr. respond to this statement

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Emerson

17 September, 03:37

17 million Negroes cannot do as you suggest and wait for the hearts of men to change. We want to enjoy now the rights that we feel we are entitled to as Americans. This we cannot do unless we pursue aggressively goals which all other Americans achieved over 150 years ago." How might Martin Luther King Jr. respond to this statement

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Martin Luther King might respond that he does not agree with aggressive forms of protests. He was a Baptist Minister and a peaceful activist for the rights of African-American people. He won the Nobel Peace Prize for his work in favor of African-American rights, and against segregation, poverty and violence. He held the idea that all protests should be peaceful, not aggressive.