Is Wright justified in refusing to say the speech?

I think that Wright is in fact justified in refusing to say the speech. First of all, the principal is trying to bribe him into saying the speech by saying that he was going to make him a teacher and he decides who graduates and who does not. This is ridiculous, and I do not think anyone should ever give in to bribery like that. I do understand that the principal is in a way trying to protect Wright from the white people that will be in the audience. And if he says something that they do not like, they might harm him or even kill him. If Wright did give in and say the speech, then he would be conforming to society. And he should not do that because the society he lives in is so messed up and unfair, and he had been working so hard not to conform.