The tortuous road which has led from Montgomery, Alabama to Oslo bears witness to this truth. This is a road
over which millions of Negroes are travelling to find a new
sense of dignity. This same road has opened for all
Americans a new era of progress and hope. It has led to a
new Civil Rights Bill, and it will, I am convinced, be widened
and lengthened into a super highway of justice as Negro
and white men in increasing numbers create alliances to
overcome their common problems.
- Martin Luther King Jr., Nobel Prize acceptance speech,
1964
What idea is King expressing through his metaphor comparing the civil rights
movement first to a "tortuous road and then to a 'super highway of justice"?
O A. The only way to achieve freedom from oppression is to take a long
journey to another place,
O B. In the past, African Americans weren't allowed to travel the same
roads as white men, which was unfair.
O C. The journey for freedom will be long and difficult, but eventually it
will end with victory
O D. People fear the civil rights movement because they are afraid it
could bring about too many problems.