King’s imagery discredits the arguments of those urging civil rights activists to be patient and wait for change by describing what pain and suffer they have experienced. He explains that they have waited long enough, and can’t wait any longer. To add on, he adds, “But when you have seen viscous mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim;” By this he’S saying that they have been through much hurt and hate and will not wait for peace and justice.
