A significant portion of King’s speech is devoted to urging his supporters to not turn from their “creative protest” to violence or aggression, though they face physical violence from their opposition. He specifically refers to police brutality as one of the evils still afflicting the Black man in the United States. He asks his supporters to trust that maintaining their dignity and protesting peacefully is the best way to fight for equality and justice. In the civil rights struggle, they must meet “physical force with soul force” and respond peacefully to their opposers until equality is achieved.