Martin Luther King Jr Turning Points Analysis

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"I want to say to the people of America and the nations of the world we [African Americans] are on the move and no wave of racism can stop us, (voice of American news.)” stated Dr. King as he took over the Civil Rights movement. In discussions of Martin Luther King Jr, a turning point was his belief in peaceful protesting. I believe this point in time was important because, it made him different than all the other political figures that wanted equality. The following points illustrate the importance of this turning point in time: how he has impacted the world through his civil rights leadership, peaceful protesting, and his personal experiences while trying to make his dream become reality. This person Impacted me because the room i'm sitting …show more content…

Mankind must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression, and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love" (Martin Luther King quote). It is very important to have a nonviolence community. We must all rise above the violence in order to get the out come we want. That violence is holding some people back. When Dr. King participated in the bus boycott and it become successful, it made other people want to protest the same way. For example, in North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Virginia African American kids protested segregated lunch counters. The African Americans were joined by whites and had a sit in their high school. The sit in was successful and twenty seven other states made lunch counters desegregated (Martin Luther King). The bus boycott started peaceful protesting everywhere. African Americans started peacefully protesting schools, public transportation, and even waiting rooms. If Martin Luther King never had the bus boycott it wouldn't of taught younger generations how to peacefully protest and that peaceful protesting works. I truly believe without this man we would of turned to violence and equality would be out of …show more content…

Dr. King was handcuffed and jailed 29 times (Russell). One of the times Dr. King got arrested was in Birmingham. This was a turning point for a lot of people. King was treated very poorly in jail but he managed to get a letter out to the public. King didn't want to just talk about racisum in the letter in fact he didn't talk about race at all. He talked about inequality everywhere. He believes that everyone deserves equality and that it's injust if he doesn't get it. " King also acknowledges the fine line between justice and injustice. To King, justice defends a person’s dignity, while injustice devalues it (king).” King thinks all laws that are injustice should be banned because it's hurting a human spirit. King had a very kind heart. When he died many people didn't know what to do. He had such an impact on the world everyone was afraid it was going to go back to being segregated. That's just the opposite of what happened. In Denver, tens of thousands walked two miles to remember King and honor his message of nonviolent change. Thousands more participated in a three-mile march in San Antonio in one of the nation's largest MLK day celebrations. I feel like people walked because racism still exist and we need to remember what Dr.King lost his life for. In Minnesota, thousands of people braved below-zero temperatures. Twin Cities to honor Martin Luther King by looking toward a future of equality, rather than

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