What is "Egyptland" in the context of the 1960s black civil rights movement in the US?
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King made frequent reference to the book of Exodus in order to draw parallels between the ancient Israelites (enslaved in Egypt) and African-Americans (not enslaved anymore, but still not granted the full set of rights that come with being truly free).
You can read entire essays on King's rhetorical use of Exodus. King used the exact phrase Egypt-land at least once, writing that black migrants had gone north only to find:
...not a Promised Land but rather another Egypt-land of denial, discrimination, and dismay.
Also note that the particular phrase "Egypt-land" has a longer history than just King. For example, a similar phrase can be found in the old Negro spiritual "Go Down Moses":
When Israel was in Egypt's land/ Let my people go / Oppress'd so hard they could not stand / Let my People go / Go down, Moses, Way down in Egypt's land / Tell old Pharaoh, Let my people go.
So King (and other Civil Rights Leaders) are Moses, leading African-Americans/Israelites out of Egypt/oppression.
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