Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Only when it is dark enough can we see the stars,” meaning that hope can only exist when there is adversity. The quote was taken from King’s, “I've Been to the Mountaintop,” speech. During the time this speech was given, inequality was the darkness and speakers such as Martin Luther were the stars. King and his words drove mistreated sanitation workers to go on strike, kept the civil rights movement going in the right direction, and pushed the fight for equality several steps forward. First of all, Martin Luther was the cause of a very important strike by the sanitation workers of Memphis. According to the article, “Memphis Sanitation Workers Strike (1968),” from Stanford University, “1,300 black
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In his last speech, Dr. Martin Luther emphasizes that the civil rights movement had to be in a nonviolent nature with statements like, “We don’t need any bricks and bottles; we don’t need any Molotov cocktails,” and, “We are masters in our nonviolent movement in disarming police forces.” In other words, because of King’s remarks, he maneuvered the civil rights movement toward a positive direction. Using a violent method creates more conflict, but Martin Luther didn't do that. He frequently took action to keep the civil rights movement a nonviolent one. The outlook the movement had for the future, after King’s speeches, was that no matter what we stick together and passively retrieve our rights as human beings. Further evidence to confirm that Dr. King directed the movement in this way is according to the Stanford article previously mentioned, “King arrived late and found a massive crowd on the brink of chaos… told the mass of people to turn around and go back to the church.” To put it differently, Martin Luther showed up to a crowd erupting in violence and shut them down to reassess their cause, and then later reassembled to continue their nonviolent gatherings. This movement was very important to hundreds of thousands of people being treated with injustices. The fight against inequality was dictating the way thousands would live the rest of their lives. Speakers like Martin dedicated years to the cause. King gave his first speech in 1963, so he spent five years of his life to help other people live out their lives better than he had. The importance of equality is to not alienate anyone’s basic human rights due to personal preference, whether it be race, sexual preference, or religion. King believed everyone was born equal and he did everything in his power to make that a reality, and he definitely made an
In his last speech, Dr. Martin Luther emphasizes that the civil rights movement had to be in a nonviolent nature with statements like, “We don’t need any bricks and bottles; we don’t need any Molotov cocktails,” and, “We are masters in our nonviolent movement in disarming police forces.” In other words, because of King’s remarks, he maneuvered the civil rights movement toward a positive direction. Using a violent method creates more conflict, but Martin Luther didn't do that. He frequently took action to keep the civil rights movement a nonviolent one. The outlook the movement had for the future, after King’s speeches, was that no matter what we stick together and passively retrieve our rights as human beings. Further evidence to confirm that Dr. King directed the movement in this way is according to the Stanford article previously mentioned, “King arrived late and found a massive crowd on the brink of chaos… told the mass of people to turn around and go back to the church.” To put it differently, Martin Luther showed up to a crowd erupting in violence and shut them down to reassess their cause, and then later reassembled to continue their nonviolent gatherings. This movement was very important to hundreds of thousands of people being treated with injustices. The fight against inequality was dictating the way thousands would live the rest of their lives. Speakers like Martin dedicated years to the cause. King gave his first speech in 1963, so he spent five years of his life to help other people live out their lives better than he had. The importance of equality is to not alienate anyone’s basic human rights due to personal preference, whether it be race, sexual preference, or religion. King believed everyone was born equal and he did everything in his power to make that a reality, and he definitely made an