Martin Luther King
I have chosen to write about a prominent, black Christian who is very
well known to us today.
Martin Luther King was born on January the 15th, 1929 when inequality
and racism between blacks and whites was still a normal part of life.
He grew up as the son of a Christian minister in Georgia. As the
grandson of the Rev. A.D.Williams, and the son of Martin Luther King
Sr, King’s roots were in the African – American Baptist Church.
As a young boy, Martin Luther King would notice, when he went out, how
his family and other black people were treated. This made him angry,
but he dealt with it not by using violence, but by peaceful protests.
King was very much influenced by the non-violent strategy that Mahatma
Gandhi used for a social change.
When King was a lot older, he witnessed something which changed his
life forever. A black woman had been sent to jail for not giving up
her seat for white man on a bus. Martin Luther King, being the Baptist
minister, decided to organise bus boycott to enable the discrimination
to stop. From then on Martin Luther King began protesting for the
black community. He did this in many ways, for example, he organised
speeches, marches, letters, protests, rallies, strikes, boycotts,
campaigns, sit-ins and many more.
Martin Luther King was married to Loretta Scott on June the 18th,
1953. He had four children, but it was exceedingly difficult to
protect his own family as many people had tried to assassinate King,
for example, with bombs.
On April the 4th, when Martin Luther King was only 39, he was shot
dead in Memphis, Tennessee by a white man names James Earl Ray.
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...g how this thing is going to come out.” In
this quote he is making his people feel a lot more comfortable, and
also as if they are not alone. Therefore, the people must feel a lot
safer in the hands of King, and feel an intimacy with him also. Also,
to them, Martin Luther King must have been inspiring.
Towards the end of his speech “I have a dream,” he states “…we will be
able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and
white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able
to join hands and sing in the words…” King is talking about uniting
God’s children with one another and fulfilling God’s idea of making
each individual equal. Therefore, from this point, we can see that
King was influenced by some of the teachings of Jesus and wanted to
satisfy them and make them apply to reality.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the greatest civil rights leaders to ever live. Through his empowering speeches, he made a huge impact on the world for the equality of all races. Throughout King’s life, he showed everyone how he believed equality should be acquired. With his peaceful protests and amazing speeches, he influenced people both during his time and after he passed. Many believe that King’s work in the Civil Rights Movement was the final push that America needed to finally respect people no matter their skin color.
The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most important events of the history of the United States. Although many people contributed to this movement, Martin Luther King, Jr., is widely regarded as the leader of the movement for racial equality. Growing up in the Deep South, King saw the injustices of segregation first hand. King’s studies of Mahatma Ghandi teachings influenced his views on effective ways of protesting and achieving equality. Martin Luther King’s view on nonviolence and equality and his enormous effect on the citizens of America makes him the most influential person of the twentieth century.
Paragraph fourteen of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” is the paragraph that makes the strongest appeal to the reader’s emotions by providing vivid examples of how hatred, racism, and discrimination negatively affected the lives of African Americans. These vivid examples range from stories of him explaining segregation to his children to the police brutality that was taking place throughout the south. Dr. King expresses himself in a way that forces the reader to visualize and deeply feel these events. His passionate use of rhetoric creates an emotional connection between the reader and the African Americans experiencing these injustices.
The famous speech of Martin Luther King The famous speech, “ I Have a Dream”, was held in 1963 by a powerful leader of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s. He was born January 15, 1929, the son of an Atlanta Pastor. Martin Luther King Jr. always insisted on nonviolent resistance and always tried to persuade others with his nonviolent beliefs. In 1963, King spoke from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and almost 200,000 people attended his speech. All his listeners were Civil Rights supporters who rallied behind him and the people who watched his appearance on television.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a very important leader of the American Civil Rights movement as well as a Nobel Prize winner. He proved that Civil Disobedience was an effective weapon against depression. King’s challenges to segregation and racial discrimination in the 1950’s and 1960’s helped convince many white Americans to support the cause of Civil Rights in the United States.
“ We are not wrong, we are not wrong in what we are doing. if we are wrong, then the Supreme Court of this nation is wrong. If we are wrong, the constitutions of the United States are wrong. And if we are wrong, God Almighty is wrong. If we are wrong, jesus of Nazareth was a utopian dreamer that never came down to earth. If we are wrong, then justice is a lie, love has no meaning. And we are determined here in Montgomery to work and fight until justice runs down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream ( 10 famous quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr).”
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Martin Luther King Jr. was definitely an influential speaker and writer. He was able to move people with his ideas and words. In his letter from the Birmingham jail he was trying to inform people of the injustices that African Americans were experiencing at this time. His audience was mainly the clergymen of the church. Since most Americans at this time believed that African Americans were uneducated and not on the same level as white Americans, MLK had to prove otherwise. MLK did this by using strong rhetoric in his speeches and letters. Two of the rhetoric styles that I feel was most effective were his use of logic and pathos. MLK knew that if he was going to make an impression on his audience he was going to have to bring his A game.
“God’s children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old negro spiritual,’Free at last, free at last, Great God a-mighty , we are free at last’”-Martin Luther King Jr. , this quote means that one day Dr.King wants people to be equal. Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero because he lead the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. wants people to be treated equally, no matter religion, race, or color and thats why he said the quote from above. Dr.King is a hero because he lead the the civil rights movement and gave the most amazing speech ever (in my opinion) the “I had a dream” speech.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was perhaps one of the most influential person of our time. As the father of modern civil rights movement, Dr.Martin Luther king, Jr., is recognized around the world as a symbol of freedom and peace. Born January 15, 1929, King was the son of an Atlanta pastor. King accomplished many achievements during his life. He graduated from Morehouse as a minister in 1948 and went on to Crozer Theological seminary in Chester, Pa., where he earned a divinity degree. After that King went on to earn a doctorate in theology from Boston University in 1955. King also achieved the Nobel Peace Prize in December of 1964. He was assassinated on April 4,1968, outside his motel room by James Earl Ray. While his views at the time seemed radical to many, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. is remembered and respected today as a martyr of the civil rights movement and an icon of change through nonviolent means.
While he was at college, he met Coretta Scott and on June 18, 1953, on
History is indeed made up of significant events which shape our future and outstanding leaders who influence our destiny.
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made his profession as a monk in the fall of 1506, and his superiors selected
Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483 in northern Germany, within the Holy Roman Empire to an upper class peasant family (they owned land).His father, Hans, was an independent farmer and miner. Although Hans never got an education himself, he valued it so much so that he forced it upon his at son (he wanted him to go for law school). Hans did not like the church, he believed that religion clouds the mind. Whenever Martin did something deemed wrong he would be beat to a pulp by his father. Martins mother Margaret was an orthodox catholic so her views of religion differed from Hans’. She would verbally harass her son telling him he is an awful person and should/will be damned to hell. This led martin to confess his sins seven to eight times a day. Martin’s view of G-d as he once said was, “I hated G-d. I view G-d as a gigantic ogre”, and who could blame him! Besides from the maltreatment from his family he received it at school as well. Every time he did something deemed wrong by the headmaster, he would be flogged (head dunked in water).