The United States intervention of Vietnam served the American public no benefit other than allowing the ignorance of the African American Civil Rights movement. The government of the United States drafted young African American men from downtrodden families to fight for a country that justifies the discrimination, segregation and brutality their forefathers faced. They were drafted into a military which did not respect their race and discriminated them for their color. African American Veterans were also denied the benefits of the famed G.I. Bill that white veterans had access to. Many veterans were forced to abandon their hopes of obtaining a higher education, especially the African American veterans who were rejected benefits from the G.I.
Being assassinated for doing something to try and make the world a better place seems extreme and not many people would do it with those risks. However, there are people in this world that will sacrifice everything for what they believe in. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the few people in the world willing enough to put himself in danger for a cause he believed in. Martin Luther King, Jr. overcame the segregated world by being a leading figure in the civil rights movement, preaching of nonviolent protests and winning the Nobel Peace Prize.
On January 15, 1929, Alberta Williams King gave birth to Martin Luther King Jr. in Atlanta,
Racism and equality was a major problem that dominated America and is still a major issue today. During Martin Luther King Jr.’s time, these problems were at its’ highest peak. On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his revolutionary “I Have A Dream” speech in Lincoln Memorial Park. This speech demanded justice and equality for African Americans. King was one of many protesters who fought long and hard for equality and freedom to all Americans. His speech told the dreams of millions of Americans, demanding a free, equal, and just nation. In his speech, he stressed the idea of equality between colored and whites, and connected his pain with millions. Ethos, pathos, and metaphor are three of the elements that made Martin Luther
A quote from President Johnson sums up the Civil Rights Movement, "Their cause must be our cause too. It is not just Negroes, but all of us, who must overcome the crippling legacy of bigotry and injustice. And we shall overcome."(Dunn page number). Movements have been used many times in history by people who want to stand up for what they believe in. Movements can include all sorts of methods such as protests and boycotts. The African American civil rights movement of the twentieth century was successful because of the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the nonviolent protests, and the resulting legislation that improved African American lives.
Martin Luther King, Jr.’s impact on the civil rights movement was nothing short of monumental. To say anything less may be considered sacrilege in the history of the United States. King’s liberal and Christian upbringing, comfortable and educated childhood, and his theological education all played a large part in his contributions to civil rights in America.
Martin Luther King, Jr. lost his life trying to better the lives of African American people who, because of their skin color, didn’t have the same rights as white people in America. King was a man of integrity and passion with a vision of a desegregated society. He played a part in the Civil Rights Movements where he eventually went to jail because of his protesting, and he became involved in the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott.
Martin Luther King was a major activist and leader during the civil rights movement. He referred back to the scripture and God as an important component in his speeches and allowed the Bible to help lead him and the people towards equality for all races. The movement brought on grave brutality towards the African Americans people, they were publicly abused and harassed because of their skin color. Throughout his leadership Martin Luther King maintained a "nonviolence" slogan which the activists took seriously due to the trust they had in King's word. King's life revolved around his Christian faith, it gave him the courage, language and the sense of community to intensify the activists to gain justice and equality for all.
During the mid-1950s through the mid-1960s, Martin Luther King, Jr. had become the “moral leader” and icon of the Civil Rights Movement. King had transformed into the martyr of the movement and spoke at around two hundred civil rights activism events a year. Still, King was torn between being the martyr for his people and showing support for other organizations with oppositional views. In Parting the Waters: America in the King Years, Taylor Branch illustrates the counter narrative of Martin Luther King Jr.’s struggles towards progress within the movement to the FBI, and the Kennedy Administration’s lack of involvement with civil rights, which blocked King’s progress as a successful black leader to prolong the unity of the movement.
“I had hoped that the white moderate would understand that law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.” (pp.221) Martin Luther King Jr. discussed in his essay, as he sat in the Birmingham jail. While the justice system was created for law and order, the decisions of the judiciary department are rarely justified. Many of the cases that occur in court are unjustly swayed in favor of the more affluent member of the court, and as such become immoral to our society. For example, a gang of rapists being acquitted because “they looked like they felt bad,” or a woman receiving no consequences for the murder of
Do you know what it’s like to have a dream? Martin Luther king Jr. (Dr. King) did and he was going to make it come true. He was a strong leader of the African-American civil rights movement, and was determined to make it possible for the Negros to have equal rights. John F. Kennedy (JFK) was an American who served the United States as the 35th president. After the Civil Rights Movement JFK helped Dr. King out of jail after he was sent there for violating the state law prohibiting boycotts. Malcolm X was an African-American Muslim minister and a human rights activist, JFK and Malcolm are very much alike they both were raised to stand up for what you believe is right and don’t let anyone stand in your way. The Birmingham letter, “I have a dream”, and Inaugural Address were all very meaningful and touching pieces of the American History that we still learn from each and everyday.
Michael King Jr., better known as Martin Luther King Jr., was born on January 15, 1929. King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia to Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist and was the 21st century best-known advocated for nonviolent social change. In 1955 King Jr. helped organize the first major protest of the African-American civil rights movement known as the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He was also a Baptist minister. Due to his Christian and American ideals he won the support of the Northern whites and Federal government. His life and work symbolize the mission for equality and nondiscrimination that lies in the heart of every American and a human’s dream.
The crowd was hushed as they listen to the man speak. "I have a dream," he cried from the steps of Lincoln Memorial. "One day the nation will rise up, live out the true meaning of its creed, that all men are treated equal." Martin Luther King Jr., was speaking to a crowd of two-hundred-fifty thousand of black and white Americans. They shared his dreamed of equality. It was time all Americans were treated equally. Many of the people in the crowd Dr. king, not been treated as equals by other Americans. Some blacks had been forced to use separate all African American schools, and other places. They entered hospitals at different ebterances, and used separate water fountains. In some parts of the nation, blacks were denied the right to vote.
Diversity is a singularity. People are different. Diversity isn’t something we have, it’s something we are. But we can’t judge others because they’re different from us. We can’t judge until we know what’s inside them. We’re different and that’s what makes us special and unique. We need to judge people by their personality and not by their looks. Even know the look might say a lot about the personality, still we can’t say that they are bad or nice just because of the way they look. We can’t all be rich, well-dressed or perfect all the time, because we are imperfect and that’s what makes who we are. We can’t win a fight with imperfection, but the best way to deal with it is to accept that we will never be perfect. And that isn’t a bad thing.