MLK giving a speech about being tired of the conditions black southerners are living in and the overall hardships of blacks in the south. Image of picketers in front of public works building with signs that read, “I Am A Man”. MLK says, “be true to what you got on paper” to the American People, and that the “greatness of America is the right to protest for rights”.“Give us the ballot” - Prayer Pilgrimage, May 17, 1957 in Washington D.C.. MLK speech.