Question
so long as dug dog one pay mind life re senses due dead do boted as not possess
myself. I cannot make up my mind - it is made up for me. I cannot live as a
democratic citizen, observing the laws I have helped to enact - I can only submit to
the edict of others."
Source: 1957 speech titled "Give Us the Ballot," Dr. Martin Luther King
1. According to the above quote from Dr. Martin Luther King, what inequality did African
Americans experience?
2. What-did Dr. Martin Luther King mean when he said "So long as I do not firmly and
irrevocably possess the right to vote I do not possess myself?"
Answer
African Americans experienced inequality in the form of not being able to vote and having to submit to the edict of others. Dr. Martin Luther King meant that without the right to vote, African Americans were not able to exercise their autonomy and freedom.