- Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964
What is the meaning of this passage?
A. King doesn't understand people who are racist, and he thinks that
violence is the only thing they recognize.
B. King doesn't believe people are so set in their ways that they can't
accept a peaceful future.
C. King acknowledges that the cycle of oppression and violence is
very difficult to end.
D. King wants the violence to end so that all men can wake up and
see the start of a beautiful new day.