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grin007 [14]
3 years ago
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The tortuous road which has led from Montgomery, Alabama to Oslo bears witness to this truth. This is a road over which millions

of Negroes are travelling to find a new sense of dignity. This same road has opened for all Americans a new era of progress and hope. It has led to a new Civil Rights Bill, and it will, I am convinced, be widened and lengthened into a super highway of justice as Negro and white men in increasing numbers create alliances to overcome their common problems. Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech, 1964 What idea is King expressing through his metaphor comparing the civil rights movement first to a "tortuous road" and then to a "super highway of justice"? A. The journey for freedom will be long and difficult, but eventually it will end with victory. B. People fear the civil rights movement because they are afraid it could bring about too many problems. C. The only way to achieve freedom from oppression is to take a long journey to another place. D. In the past, African Americans weren't allowed to travel the same roads as white men, which was unfair.
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Talja [164]3 years ago
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Answer:

The best answer to the question: What idea is King expressing through his metaphor comparing the civil rights movement first to a "tortuous road" and then to a "super highway of justice"? Would be, indeed, A: The journey for freedom will be long and difficult, but eventually it will end in victory.

Explanation:

The reason for this being the best answer comes from the metaphors themselves. When Dr. King speaks about the "turtuous road" that has led from Montgomery, Alabama, to Oslo, in Norway, he sets up the first reason why option A is the best one. By saying that, Dr. King is telling his audience that all the process, which started long before he was ever awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, in 1964, to achieve the recognition of African Americans, and stopping segregation and discrimination against them, was so hard, so difficult, and so long, that it did not just take a few years, but rather centuries; from the first slaves that attempted freedom, to the civil rights movement, and its epitome with the establishment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. And then, he uses a second metaphor, which is the "super highway of justice", which allows us to understand that Dr. King hopes that at some point, the matter of discrimination and segregation against African Americans will become a complete thing of the past, rather growing bonds between the two races, as differences are forgotten and new progress is achieved through these bonds. This is what Dr. King would see as victory.

Brums [2.3K]3 years ago
4 0
A is the answer to the question :)))
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