Martin Luther King Speech Essay

Keep your eyes on the prize. Fighting for civil rights, Martin Luther King was the best advocate, and leader for the job. In 1967, America was deep in war with Vietnam, and deep in poverty yet Martin Luther King saw them hand in hand. Although many people walked the streets with signs and dreams yet Martin Luther King gave his speeches in the church. Spreading his gospel to all. Lyndon B Johnson and Martin Luther King had different ideas and beliefs towards the war. In New York City, Martin Luther King gave a speech, in a church, advocating against the war and protesting the silence. People took to this speech as an act of disrespect by tying in the Vietnam war to the civil rights movement; dragging the civil rights movement further away

They described the moment as just any other conversation, about the weather and as soon as they heard the sound all they could see was Martin Luther King’s feet. His friend rushed to him and started to comfort Martin Luther King but a hour after he was shot, Martin Luther King died. Later that night, the cities lite up and people went crazy. Many people showed up to Martin Luther King’s funeral and mourned the great leader. Martin Luther King influenced many people throughout his life and changed the world for the better. Five weeks after Martin Luther King’s death, the poor people 's marched reached the state capital and five years later created a “city” in the same

Talking and showing how civil right leaders changed America. I do think that the non violent protest helped with the civil rights act. The video also talked about how multiple races suffered but African Americans suffered the most. Most of the people talking during this video were civil right advocates, from Martin Luther King, Marian Wright, Juanita Abernathy, Rosa Parks, and many more. Robert Kennedy was a big contributor but he to, was assassinated. Through all the bad and hurtful things people did to one another this video was hard to watch yet I could not take my eyes off of it. After the assassination of Martin Luther King I did not know what was going to happen. I thought that the marchers would turn to violence but the marchers actually surprised me in doing a peaceful stand. I learned many inspirational and loving things from this video. Martin Luther King’s speeches and “walks” will never be forgotten. Hopefully America does not have to go through this again and we can all live