The Early Days

Williams. C.T. Williams spoke first, his most powerful story was when he was telling about how Martin Luther King (I am going to start abbreviating with MLK) C.T., and a few other people were gathered in MLK’s living room. He said that they were all listening to the radio broadcasting news about voting. C.T. had said something like, “We need to do something about us being able to vote,” and MLK replied, “The time is now.” Everyone in the room started to cheer and get really excited, except for MLK who sat still and had a tear in his eye. Wyatt “Tee” Walker said that he knew MLK best for his humor, despite the media calling him unsmiling King. Out of the three speakers in this group, Dorothy Cotton had the best speech. She also mentioned MLK’s sense of humor, and said that the media twisted around the movement’s mood. She said the movement was serious and that many sad things did happen during it; however she said that it brought them together and a lot of it was fun. This proves how the media just twist many things around, and how they use propaganda to make the stories the way they want them to be. She also sang a song with rewritten words of “We can change the World,” to the tune of the song Jacob’s ladder.