Quotes From The Grapes Of Wrath By Dr. Martin Luther King

Chapter 6 Quote: “His son had pledged himself to become a demonstrator. The father forbade his son to participate. ‘Daddy’ the boy said, ‘I don’t want to disobey you, but I have made my pledge. If you try to keep me home, I will sneak off. If you think I deserve to be punished for that, I’ll just have to take the punishment. I’m not doing this only because I want to be free. I’m doing it also because I want freedom for you and Mama, and I want it to come before you die” (87).
This quote highlights how young people are the future, as they no longer want to remain silent in order to liberate themselves and their families. Young people fighting in the movement was the wisest decision, as for the first time in the civil-rights movement, young people were able to practice the Gandhian principle of
Young people were looking toward the social progress of the nation, not only for themselves, but for their people. They are not afraid as they are only doing what is morally right, as even little children are responding to what they want as freedom. In this chapter, Dr. King describes four major problems that need to be resolved: desegregation of lunch counters, rest rooms, fitting rooms, drinking fountains and department stores, upgrading and hiring of Negroes, dropping of charges against jailed demonstrators, and creating a biracial committee for desegregation in other areas. These requests were proposed to businessmen, because if they negotiated, it was easier to break down the rigid structure of the white society. The businessmen realized that the black population was persistent and they negotiated within 90 days after signing for desegregation of public facilities, 60 days after signing for upgrading and employment, and agreement