In lines 79-81 referring to a line from a langston hughes poem king says, so it is that those of us who are yet determined that america will be are led down the path of protest and dissent working for the health of our land. what does king want america to be

I would contend that King wanted America to be a true homeland for African-Americans, as well as a safe, peaceful, healthy and integral place for all its inhabitants.

Explanation: In this excerpt from his speech "Beyond Vietnam" (April 1967), King is resorting to a passage from one of Langston Hughes poems in order to expound his rejection of the Vietnam War. In that poem, Hughes had said: "America never was America to me [...] and yet [...] America will be." It was this hopeful belief in a different America that inspired King, who was trying to respond to those who thought that he was "just" a Civil Rights leader. Apart from being indeed a Civil Rights Movement leader, King was a pacifist, and he publicly declared that he was against the Vietnam War, which was being fought when he gave this speech in New York. Like Hughes, King believed that America could be America for him and for many of his fellow countrymen, but not until it truly became an egalitarian nation, where everyone without exception could have life, liberty and happiness.  

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)