Running head: Martin Luther King Jr. 1
Martin Luther King Jr.
Viviana Rodriguez-Rico
Westview High School
Bethel University
History 212
Martin Luther King Jr. 2
Abstract
On January 15, 1929 an inspirational man from Atlanta, Georgia was born. People knew this?
man by the name of Martin Luther King Jr., but his actual name went by the name of Michael?
King Jr. He was an immense impact throughout the Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King?
Jr. played an extensive role throughout the Civil Rights Movement and was one of the most?
inspiring leaders in the United States and history. For instance, he made an immense?
modification against racial discrimination and gained the equal rights for the blacks. In this?
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believe in? Martin Luther King Jr. believed that poverty,?
racism, and militarism were forms of violence that existed in an atrocious course. To defeat the?
atrocious course King believed in the act of nonviolence protesting and the use of the Six?
Principles of Nonviolence. The first principle is that nonviolence is the passage of life and?
fearless people. Meaning that the people should resist against any evil and aggressiveness in any?
way or form. The second principle is that nonviolence pursues affection and understandment.?
Signifying that the final result of nonviolence is saving and rapprochement creating a loving?
community. The third principle is that the use of nonviolence defeats the maltreatments such as?
evil and not the people of the community. The fourth principle states that suffrage disciplines and?
revolunizes the people. The fifth principle states that the use of non violence helps to choose?
between fondness and hatred. Finally, the last principle of nonviolence is that the universe is?
siding with justice. Meaning that no matter what the condition is the people should not side with?
violence, in contrary, they should side with the justice to receive equity. These six
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prejudice will soon pass away and the deep fog of misunderstanding will be lifted from our?
fear-drenched communities and in some not too distant tomorrow the radiant stars of love and?
brotherhood will shine over our great nation with all of their scintillating beauty? (King, 1963).?
? ?Kings biggest legacy was to secure the progress on civil rights with in the United States,?
and is a human rights icon today because of what he did? (Impact in society, 2018). King did not?
just change society and how the African Americans were looked upon in the United States. His?
actions inspired Albert Luthuli, which this man fought for racial justice in Africa. Then?
influenced the the black recognition movement and civil rights in Africa. King believed that the?
use of civil disobedience and nonviolent actions were a way to make the Civil Rights more?
successful; with the use of these King was able to end discrimination and racial segregation.?
King impacted and influenced the United States for example in the early 1950s only 13.7 percent?
of blacks had a diploma from high school while 36.4percent of whites had theirs. Then, only 2.2?
percent of the black population had graduated with a bachelor?s degree and 10.2 percent of
Although King had countless followers during the Civil Rights Movement, he warped their minds to believe that his decision was the right decision. King was just another African American who was a part
Thurgood Marshall, Roy Wilkins, A. Philip Randolph, Rosa Parks, Dr. Martin L. King, Jr., among others, have become household names as pioneers of the Civil Rights Movement. Mention of Thurgood Marshall immediately conjures in mind the historic United States Supreme Court Case, Brown vs. Board of Education. A. Philip Randolph immediately reminds us of the “Second Emancipation Proclamation”, Executive Order 8802 which gave thousands of Negroes access to jobs in manufacturing plants receiving contracts from the defense department during World War II. Rosa Parks is inextricably associated in the minds of millions with the Montgomery Bus Boycott. And who cannot think of Dr. Martin L. King together with the March on Washington and
Martin Luther King and Transcendentalism Martin Luther King Jr. could be considered one of the more important historical figures in our county’s history. He was the leader of the Civil Rights Movement which took place during the 1950s and 1960s. His “I Have a Dream” speech spurred the end of segregation in our country and the beginning of equality between blacks and whites. Along with being a leader, he was also a Baptist minister, as well as a husband and a father to two sons and two daughters.
In 1984 Kitchener introduced five moral principles that are viewed as the cornerstone of the ethical guidelines. The principles are each definite truths in and of themselves. The first principle is Autonomy which means people have the right to live their own lives as their actions do not prevent the well-being of others. They also have the right to act as a free agent as well as the freedom of choice. Then there is the principle Nonmaleficence
What makes a government and society moral and just has been a reoccurring question and issue throughout time. Henry David Thoreau, an American transcendentalist, stressed civil disobedience and greatly showed his disbeliefs on the Mexican-American War in his essay, “Resistance to Civil Government.” Through comparing the nation's political authority to a machine and not paying his taxes as a method of protest, Thoreau manages to coax the “true citizen” to stand up against unjust government. Martin Luther King, an American Baptist minister and activist, was a leader and an important part of the African-American Civil rights movement. He fought for black rights and stood up against authorities unjust treatment of his fellow black brothers and sisters.
Dr. Martin Luther King was a well known civil rights activist who worked during the 1960’s. This decade was perhaps the pinnacle of the civil rights movement in USA. King dedicated his life to see improved conditions for colored people in USA. He was assassinated during one of his speeches. His dedication in bringing equality has lead to him becoming a martyr.
Later in life, I realized that Mr. King did a lot of African-Americans, he had many other important influential messages. His message was about the racial equality and the economic equality. Everyone in the states really deserved a good amount of money so they can support themselves and their families. His last speech was in support of the bus driver 's strike which is located in Memphis, Tennessee. While Mr. King was in Memphis for that trip in 1968, a man shot him on a balcony outside of his motel room.
Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential leaders of his time and played a crucial role in the African-American Civil Rights movement. Luther was a charismatic leader who took a firm stand against the oppressive and racist regime of the United States (US), devoting much of his life towards uniting the segregated African-American community of the US. His efforts to consolidate and harmonise the US into one country for all is reflected in many of his writings and speeches spanning his career. As a leader of his people, King took the stand to take radical measures to overcome the false promises of the sovereign government that had been addressing the issues of racial segregation through unimplemented transparent laws that did nothing to change the grim realities of the society. Hence, King’s works always had the recurring theme of the unity and strength of combined willpower.
Glaucon claims that the sole reason one would pursue justice is if he or she is willed into in by his or her lack of power. P1- Some people lack the power to do injustice while others have the power to do injustice (Group 3 & Collaboration, P1-P2). P2-
Parting the Waters: America in the King Years 1954-1963 by Taylor Branch is a historical book dedicated to educating individuals on the civil rights movement during 1954 through 1963. This book majorly highlights Martin Luther King Jr.’s role in the movement, as well as his life rooting back to his childhood. Branch is able to clearly depict the struggles that African American people faced during this ear of oppression and segregation. Taylor Branch is an American author and historian who became famous due to his award winning trilogy of books that reviewed the life and fight of
Introduction: Malcom X urges the Negro community to fight to gain the equal rights they deserve by taking action against their white oppressors. He emphasizes that blacks will gain their rights either thorough voting, with the ballot, or else through the inevitable violence with the bullet. Thesis [part a] Like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., also fighting for the civil rights of black Americans in the 1960s, but in a more peaceful manner, Malcom X takes a different approach.
Critique of Nonfiction Novel The civil rights movement was a revolutionary chapter in American history. Leading the movement was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., whose legacy has been etched in history. Troy Jackson explores the roots of King’s legacy in Becoming King: Martin Luther King Jr. and The Making of a National Leader. Jackson analyzes how different influences in Montgomery, Alabama shaped Dr. King into the leader of the civil rights movement.
Martin Luther King Jr impacted the citizens of United states
Did Martin Luther King impact the American society? In the now days, all creatures have their rights even animals. Black Americans during 20th century did not have any of their rights. But Martin Luther King fought to regain everyone stolen rights.
Martin Luther King Jr. Facts Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. King, a Baptist minister and civil-rights activist, had a seismic impact on race relations in the United States, beginning in the mid-1950s. Among his many efforts, King headed the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Through his activism and inspirational speeches he played a pivotal role in ending the legal segregation of African-American citizens in the United States, as well as the creation of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act of 1965.