Martin Luther King Jr.: Fair And Change The World

During 1964 President John F. Kennedy suggested that the whole nation should act upon treating all blacks equally he achieved this goal by passing a bill to end segregation. Before this bill was passed it was up for debate. As a Black Nationalist freedom fighter Malcolm X gave a powerful speech. Malcolm X led the Black Nationalism which was a political and social movement to help blacks acquire racial equality in the economy. Malcolm X the Ballot or The Bullet states that every single black faced the same problem being the only ones who can fix it.

Martin Luther King Jr. had an enormous role in shaping our United States society. His rough upbringing would fire his passion to see a change in all the laws on segregation. Still after the emancipation proclamation had been signed by our 16th president 100 years before, America still faced laws that separated African Americans and whites from living together in society. These discriminative laws made it unfortunate for any black family to live comfortably in the Untied States. King died for what he believed in and because of that, he shaped our culture and society to what it is today.

The author, Christopher Paul Curtis, included the church bombing in order to show how serious and scary this event was. By reading the Watsons, one learns and can infer that life for African-Americans in the 1960s was unfair. The author wrote a book about a black family during the Civil Rights Movement to give us a perspective on how life was in the 1960s. The author’s purpose is to educate people that segregation is serious and we shouldn’t ever make these mistakes that people in the 1960s did.

Throughout the 1950s and 60s, there was prejudice against blacks in many different aspects of everyday life.

On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr shared his views about equality for African American. That day he share the "I have a dream speech" in front of over 250,000 people. Martin Luther King Jr was successful in proving his argument that African-Americans should be equal because he showed stood up for what he believed in, used emotion that convinced people to listen, and he used strategies to accomplish his goals. King was clear in his speech that Americans broke their promise, that African Americans are still not free. He was giving the audience hope and faith that things can change.

The Civil Rights Movement was a mass movement to secure that African Americans have equal access to and opportunities for basic privileges and rights as a U.S. citizen. From 1950’s-1960’s the African Americans have endured some of the most gruesome and discriminant behavior from one race to another whether it be targeted by high-pressure fire hose or segregated bathrooms and schools. Segregation meaning, the action or state of setting someone or something apart from other people. Once Martin Luther Kings days were up, it seemed America finally ended discrimination/segregation in employment, promoting, firing, voter registration, usage of federal funds, and public places based on race or sex. Or so we thought.

Most people around the world have heard the famous speech made by Martin luther king jr. The speech is called I have a dream where most people think it represents all races uniting and ending segregation. After the speech the inequality of black and white people were disbanded and united together. But equality of all nations still has not been resolved which is what he wanted in his speech. Most people agree that Martin Luther King Jr’s speech was successful, his dream had not been succeeded of equality across the globe according to real world events.

It was on April 16, 1963 that Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote a letter from Birmingham jail to respond the clergy request to stop demonstrating. Dr. King explains why African Americans patience has run out, since his clergy men kept telling him to be more patient and to use less problematic methods. “ Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt te stinging darts of segregation to day, ‘Wait’” (Kronenwetter 58). “... I can across your recent statement calling my present activities ‘unwise and untimely’ ...”

You don’t know about Martin Luther King? Well, I guess I am going to have to teach you. About Martin Luther King, duh! He did TONS of stuff towards Civil Right’s to African American’s! Without him we, could’ve segregation today!

The Man With a Dream “I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, and every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight; "and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed and all flesh shall see it together.” (King) Martin Luther King Jr., an extraordinary man, had a dream that we could all get along together like brothers and sisters(family or close friends),to be happy with one another, and to be kind to one another. The African-Americans were treated horribly by most of the non-colored,or white, people. The African-Americans were not able to do the same thing as white people did.

Jim Crow decided that allowing segregation to be legal was a good idea; meaning that even more blacks can be hurt more than they already were. These people were praying each day that they wouldn’t be killed by some white people just because the color of their skin. They didn’t care how good of a person they were, they would be killed because of their skin. “Jim Crow laws, in U.S. history, statutes enacted by Southern states and municipalities, beginning in the 1880s, that legalized segregation between blacks and whites,” stated in an article by infoplease.com. The Jim Crows laws didn’t only hurt the black people

Martin Luther King Jr. spent his days fighting for the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Knowing the dangers of those who oppose him, King travels to Memphis, Tennessee to deliver “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop” speech to the sanitary workers. In his speech, King utilizes words with heavy connotation and paralipsis, as well as several others, in order to unite the people and proclaim nonviolence rebellion. Martin Luther King Jr. begins by alluding to the Bible before the crowd in order to make his message more relatable and clarify his objective; saying, “I would take my mental flight by Egypt and I would watch God’s children in their magnificent trek from the dark dungeons of Egypt through, or rather across the Red Sea, through the wilderness on toward the promise land.” He continues using repetition to rally the people and affirm his support, saying, “I wouldn’t stop there,” when referring to places and times that he could go to help the cause.

Luther King Jr., a social activist from the 50s, stated that, “Human injustice is caused by the fear of what is different. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” (Quotes About Injustice, Goodreads). Throughout several instances around the world, it is obvious that unjust behaviours were taking place and often, this had a significant impact on the writing from authors during that time. Ideas of revenge, disregard, social responsibility, as well as the act of making change and taking accountability for ones actions have all presented themselves through thematic morals in writing. It starts off with a man who is consumed by his ambition of science with the motive to bringing the dead back to

Civil disobedience is the act of disobeying governmental commands in a peaceful, non-violent, form of protest. Throughout history, peaceful protest have had a positive impact on free society. Peaceful protest have had the biggest impact during the Civil Rights Movement. During this time, many people have led non-violent protest for their rights, including well known African-American Activist, Martin Luther King Jr.. He was most famously known for his speech, I Have a Dream.

In the statement that King writes, he tries to describe the social injustices that are portrayed in society between the Caucasians and African Americans. By stating that an injustice that affects one directly, affects other indirectly, shows that the the black people are being affected and this injustice will influence the white people, because the black people will take a stand on the grave issue. I believe that he is right because if we look at our society today, we can see that injustices that happen in one country, always has a domino effect to other countries. For example, although many countries are at war, one will try to escape to another country for relief, which will affect the other countries in terms of refugee population. An example