Question

What did Dr Martin Luther King jr urge his followers to avoid in his speech at the Holt Street Baptist Church

Answer 1

Answer: Dr Martin Luther King jr urged his followers to avoid taking buses.

Explanation: In the Montgomery Bus Boycott speech, King urged his audience to continue the bus boycott they voted for until they achieved the goal of equal rights for black citizens in Montgomery and elsewhere.

In his speech, he states, "I want to urge you. You have voted [for this boycott], and you have done it with a great deal of enthusiasm, and I want to express my appreciation to you, on behalf of everybody here. Now let us go out to stick together and stay with this thing until the end."

He also offers alternatives, "Automobiles will be at your service, and don’t be afraid to use up any of the gas."

Answer 2

In this speech King urges the audience which has just voted to boycott the buses to continue that campaign until they achieve their goal of ending the humiliation and intimation of black citizens there and elsewhere in Montgomery or to use his words, "..to gain justice on the buses in the city."