The below audio for “I Have Been to the Mountaintop”, April 3rd, 1968 at the Mason Temple (Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis, Tennessee was Mr. Kings last speach…he was assassinated the next day.
The speech primarily concerns the Memphis Sanitation Strike. King calls for unity, economic actions, boycotts, and nonviolent protest, while challenging the United States to live up to its ideals. At the end of the speech, he discusses the possibility of an untimely death…