In the Middle East, residents of rural areas have very different lives from those who live in urban areas. The region was originally made up completely of rural communities. However, with 60% of the region's population now living in cities, the Middle East is moving toward a more urban lifestyle. People who live in rural areas make a living by working in agriculture as farmers. City residents are focused on the manufacturing and in the service industries. In rural areas, many people live with their extended families as more people move to the large cities, however, these extended families are beginning to break apart. smaller families are more common in the cities.
Several meanings could be agvined to this. On face value, Dr. King is saying that the men who lynched Emmett Till were morally bankrupt but hid behind Christianity and rationalized their actions for murdering Emmett for allegedly flirting with a married white woman.
