Martin Luther King Activity – Essay
During the same period of Martin Luther King there was another activist in the African Movement. These two historical figures have a lot of things in common but at the same time they have their differences. One of the things they share is that they where brave and didn’t sit back waiting things to happen they fight to change the way of living for better. The goal that they where trying to reach, was ending with the terrible segregation, which was occurring in the middle of the 1900. Their work had a great and successful impact in the United States. Each one used different ways of taking their actions but each one had a great impact and helped the many other African American that were suffering with the segregation of public facilities at that time.
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. They were both raised in a different way. Parks parents where separated when she was young, …show more content…
He was shocked by how different and peacefully the races lived in the north. After getting married in 1953 he became a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. When the Boycott started and Rosa Parks was arrested, King was determined the leader. He was trained and because he was new in town he didn’t have much enemies and was well respected. Despite his family was threatened and his home destroyed he continue leading the boycott, after one year and a few weeks the buses gave equal Access and abolish segregation. He didn’t stop there he talked in all parts of the country discussed race-related issues with civil-rights. His “ I Have A Dream “ speech was one of the most mentioned and famous speeches. In late October he was arrested with 33 young people protesting segregation at the lunch counter in an Atlanta department
During the same period of Martin Luther King there was another activist in the African Movement. These two historical figures have a lot of things in common but at the same time they have their differences. One of the things they share is that they where brave and didn’t sit back waiting things to happen they fight to change the way of living for better. The goal that they where trying to reach, was ending with the terrible segregation, which was occurring in the middle of the 1900. Their work had a great and successful impact in the United States. Each one used different ways of taking their actions but each one had a great impact and helped the many other African American that were suffering with the segregation of public facilities at that time.
Rosa Parks was born on February 4, 1913 in Tuskegee, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. They were both raised in a different way. Parks parents where separated when she was young, …show more content…
He was shocked by how different and peacefully the races lived in the north. After getting married in 1953 he became a pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. When the Boycott started and Rosa Parks was arrested, King was determined the leader. He was trained and because he was new in town he didn’t have much enemies and was well respected. Despite his family was threatened and his home destroyed he continue leading the boycott, after one year and a few weeks the buses gave equal Access and abolish segregation. He didn’t stop there he talked in all parts of the country discussed race-related issues with civil-rights. His “ I Have A Dream “ speech was one of the most mentioned and famous speeches. In late October he was arrested with 33 young people protesting segregation at the lunch counter in an Atlanta department