But one hundred years later, the negro still is not free. one hundred years later, the life of the negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination. one hundred years later, the negro lives on a lonely island of poverty in the midst of a vast ocean of material prosperity. how does the repeated phrase support king’s message? by emphasizing that time has passed without social progressby suggesting that freedom will come eventually without effortby insisting that people cooperate to achieve a common goalby hinting that all americans should strive for material wealthplug hol up mayne 2 phones like gates