Martin King, living daily under the threat of death, often repeated similar words about his spiritual “mountain top” and his vision of the “promised land.” But on the night before his assassination in Memphis, he etched them into our national memory. I got into Memphis. And some began to say the threats. . . . What would happen to me from some of our sick white brothers? Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it doesn’t matter to me now. Because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life. . . . But
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