“Every time one Negro’s home is bombed because he decided to take a courageous stand, they must face the oppressor with the fact that he must bomb the homes of fifty or hundred thousand more.”
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Source: Facing the Challenge of a New Age (1957)
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In Facing the Challenge of a New Age (1957), King uses a direct appeal to responsibility to examine justice, with attention to negro, bombed, decided. The practical center is the relationship between others courage and hundred and thousand, giving readers a specific lens for judgment and action.
When to use it
- A community organizer builds a meeting around negro before participants choose one measurable action related to justice.
- A teacher pairs the passage from Facing the Challenge of a New Age (1957) with a primary-source exercise about others courage and public responsibility.
- A team leader uses the tension between bombed and thousand to discuss conduct under pressure.