Joseph Smith, Jr.

Civil right movement was very important event in U.S history. It changed every African americans lives to give them what they deserve. The goal of the civil right movement was to end racial segregation in the country and make African Americans equal with whites.The southern states of the united state treated african american as a second class citizen and they had everything separate from the whites such as school, restaurant, trains and restrooms. That means there was a separate restroom for…

The American Dream changes in every generation, in the 1960s it was all about peace , equality , and most importantly freedom. These three things made Generation X, or the beginning of baby boomers into one of the fiercest generation to stand up together as one to speak up to things they believed in. During this time period they were going through so many changes. At the beginning of the 1960s the first president born in the twentieth century was John F. Kennedy. For many Americans, John was a…

It was a sad day for the nation on April 4th 1968, the day Robert F. Kennedy delivered a moving speech The Death of Martin Luther King in Indianapolis, Indiana. (Kennedy speaks). During a time, when the Civil Rights Movement was at its peak, this speech made a powerful impact, showing that justice should be for all, regardless of color. Because of his genuine compassion, he was able to reach an audience that would otherwise be resentful, to come together and continue the quest for peace.…

The Vietnam War was a long, costly, armed conflict that pitted the communist regime of North Vietnam and its southern allies against South Vietnam and its principal ally, the United States. Although those associated with the Vietnam War had prejudiced prospective that America was superior, the Vietnam War pushed Americans to be anti-war and tackle the government by calling into question the constitutional rights. As the war continued to progress to harm innocent civilians and what not, it…

Imagine being treated as a second class citizen because of factors outside of your control. You are humiliated because your skin is darker, society tells you that you lack all of the positive qualities of being a human being, and you are forced to live in constant fear of being prosecuted for actions you didn’t commit. This is what your life would have been like if you were an African American living in America before civil rights. Prior to civil rights American society was based upon a caste…

Martin Luther King Jr marched and gave speeches to promote confidence and power to his followers. Malcolm X spoke about the nation of islam as his saviour and how blacks should stand together to fight for freedom. Muhammad Ali listened to Malcolm and Elijah Muhammad 's speeches which helped him become an islamic boxer. He fought every powerful boxer he could to show power is earned not given. He fought the military on the draft and stood up for what he believed in. Martin Luther King Jr,…

There were many times in history when breaking the law has been justified. Great men like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King broke the law and changed the world to a better one. However, there are numerous philosophers that have argued that because it involves breaking the law, civil disobedience needs special justification. In this paper I will argue how an act of civil disobedience would be valid when a person goes against their country’s laws to do the right thing. First I will discuss…

A group of students known as the Dream Act 5 practiced civil disobedience by staging a sit in inside senator McCain’s office in Tucson, Arizona in May 7, 2010. Three of the students remind me of Thoreau when he got arrested for defying the government laws for not paying his poll tax, but instead these students were switching to civil disobedience to support other students brought to the United States illegally. Henry Thoreau thought that people should live under what they believed in and not…

In the 1950’s and 1960’s many American citizens were fighting for civil rights for African Americans. Among them was Martin Luther King Junior, who was thrown into jail for nonviolently protesting for his God given rights. Passionate and informative, Martin Luther King Junior’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” letter defends the actions of the protestors and inspires the clergymen and the rest of America to change their views on civil rights. Martin Luther King effectively validates his actions and…

Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech is one that goes down in the history books because of the impact that it made on the culture in that day. During 1963 racism was rampant, even though you could no longer own slaves the fact was that blacks were being treated still as less than human. King came from a perspective that he just wanted equality between races, it did not matter what color you were, religion, where you were from because in God’s eyes we were all created equal. At the time in history…