Joseph Smith, Jr.

thinking of a powerful, famous, substantial, meaningful, and historical speech in the United States of America, is to associate it with “I Have A Dream”. A speech written and delivered by the Baptist minister and social activist Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States, from mid 1950’s until his death in 1968. As reported by “King speaks to March on Washington”(2010), the great and legendary Dr. King expressed his speech on August 28th, 1963 at the…

The 1960s was a time of great economic prosperity and social progression within America. With the economy thriving as a result of World War II, baby boomers were born into a time that would reshape the ideals of traditional American standards regarding practices of, but not limited to, religion and racial separation. The combination of political, economic, and social structure during the 60s and into the 70s served to provide America with a more concise foundation and definition of its very…

Within the four walls of the jail cell Martin Luther King Jr wrote a letter to clergymen who criticized his actions towards combatting injustice in Birmingham. In this letter, now known as the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, King Jr explains his reasons for being in Birmingham which includes being invited by organizational commitments and also due to the fact that there is injustice in the city. King Jr. states that “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” which is…

Civil disobedience and arrest changed the focus of the movement from solely relying on the courts to gain equality to rejecting and protesting their treatment in segregated states” (Wiley, 2016, Para 1) The African American community led by Luther King Jr and Montgomery improvement association boycotted the bus company for 382 days; therefore, bus companies took a big loss. The city did not give in to Mr. Kings and the Montgomery association’s demands. But the MIA filed a law suit and the…

December 1955, she refused to give up her bus seat to a white man, which was expected to be done by blacks whenever asked to do so. She was arrested. Following her arrest, African American leaders organized a boycott of the bus system. Martin Luther King, Jr was the leader of the boycott that lasted for a year. African Americans used car pools, took taxis that were owned by blacks, or walked. Whites started attacking walkers and burning black churches, tickets were given to blacks using car…

Bernard Baffoe-Mensah Ms. Milewski AP English Literature 21st October, 2014 Civil Disobedience The order of society is based on structure and organization. Laws are enforced to serve specific purposes: economically, politically and socially. With regards to this, there are unjust laws and these laws conflict with an individual’s sense of morality. Being that, a civilian’s decision to disobey an unjust law is considered unlawful in the eyes of authority; however, such decisions are…

held one in bondage. Although, freedom according to the Merriam Webster’s dictionary gives a concise definition which states: “Liberation from slavery or restraint or from the other power of another: independence. Nevertheless, Martin Luther king Jr. is a well-known activist who fought for the freedom for African Americans. Also know for the March and his I have a dream speech. He wrote a letter while being kept in the Birmingham jail giving his rebuttal to the 8 clergy man who fail to address…

The 1950s in the United States is notorious for the strong racism that many African Americans experienced. However, it was also during this decade that important historical figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called out for a change. Sixty-five years later, segregation laws have been abolished and the harsh treatment towards African Americans has decreased immensely, but still exists. Prejudice towards African Americans was extremely common in the 1950s, however the racial segregation of…

Throughout time, the true meaning of beauty has been viewed from many different perspectives, but no era has given witness to evolving beauty like the 1970’s and it’s new found love for life, music, and political protests. In order to move on to the next generation first, we had to go through a series of ignorance. We had groups such as the infamous KKK who did not like to cooperate and tried everything in their power to scare the Blacks out of their area. They would go as far as burning their…

There is a perception that the American racist mentality is dead. However, this is not the case, seeing how the post- civil rights movement era is subtly reminiscent of the civil rights time period. That observation leads one to believe that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race. The reason that this perception that racism exist, is based on the ignorance society has toward…