The Power of Martin Luther King Jr.
Although slavery ended Dec. 6, 1865, there was still “a difference”, at least that’s what people thought, between white and black people. Martin Luther King Jr. had a colossal impact on the desegregation of America in the 1960s. Some white people hated Martin and some of them liked him. Racism in this time period was like a battle between white and black people. Racism is the belief 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 or races. So this made white people think they were higher than black people. As for saying basically whites looked down on blacks. Black people could not go to the …show more content…
He achieved it by marches, speeches and the most important thing he did all of this and his actions was without violence. Martin Luther King Jr. became the person he was because of the influence of his family. Martin was born on January 15, 1929. Martin grew up in the community of Atlanta, he lived a normal childhood. He had a mom, dad, a sister, and a brother. His father was an American Baptist pastor, so his family was very religious (catholic). When he was about age six, he had a white best friend in his school and they use to play with each other. Then, the child started going to a segregated school system, from this result the white child’s father wouldn’t allow Martin to play with him anymore. This experience showed him the white’s perspective on blacks. Then later that night he talked with his family about the ‘race’ problem. Soon his parents told him racism tragedies and some things they experienced as well. Then he became aware of the vast inequality and injustice faced by black Americans. As he grew up, he was very focused on education. Martin attended Morehouse College in Atlanta for a BA degree in Sociology and Crozier Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania for BA of Divinity; this authorized him to be become a …show more content…
wanted to end the racial discrimination and segregation in America and it all started with the situation of bus boycotts. This was the emergence of MLK. On busses in Montgomery Alabama, there was a ‘white’ section, which was in the front, and a ‘black’ section, which was in the back. If there were no more seats in the ‘white’ section, then some colored people were ordered to give up their seat. It’s basically saying white people were distinguished and blacks looked up to them, But that’s false. Some colored people sometimes protested and this time it was a 15 yr. girl, Claudette Colvin, a student at Booker T. Washington High School in Montgomery got arrested on March 2, 1955 because she wouldn’t give up her seat to a white man. Then the same thing happened to Rosa Parks but this event actually lead to bus boycotts. On December 1, 1955, James Blake, the bus driver, told Rosa and 3 other colored people to move out of the seats. Rosa didn’t abide by the rules of what the bus driver said. "Are you going to stand up?" the driver demanded. Rosa Parks looked straight at him and said: "No." Flustered, and not quite sure what to do, Blake retorted, "Well, I'm going to have you arrested." And Parks, still sitting next to the window, replied softly, "You may do that." This quote shows that Rosa parks was very valiant towards colored people rights. Many black people refused to give up their seat before like Claudette Colvin, but the outcome for Rosa Parks was
Although slavery ended Dec. 6, 1865, there was still “a difference”, at least that’s what people thought, between white and black people. Martin Luther King Jr. had a colossal impact on the desegregation of America in the 1960s. Some white people hated Martin and some of them liked him. Racism in this time period was like a battle between white and black people. Racism is the belief 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 or races. So this made white people think they were higher than black people. As for saying basically whites looked down on blacks. Black people could not go to the …show more content…
He achieved it by marches, speeches and the most important thing he did all of this and his actions was without violence. Martin Luther King Jr. became the person he was because of the influence of his family. Martin was born on January 15, 1929. Martin grew up in the community of Atlanta, he lived a normal childhood. He had a mom, dad, a sister, and a brother. His father was an American Baptist pastor, so his family was very religious (catholic). When he was about age six, he had a white best friend in his school and they use to play with each other. Then, the child started going to a segregated school system, from this result the white child’s father wouldn’t allow Martin to play with him anymore. This experience showed him the white’s perspective on blacks. Then later that night he talked with his family about the ‘race’ problem. Soon his parents told him racism tragedies and some things they experienced as well. Then he became aware of the vast inequality and injustice faced by black Americans. As he grew up, he was very focused on education. Martin attended Morehouse College in Atlanta for a BA degree in Sociology and Crozier Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania for BA of Divinity; this authorized him to be become a …show more content…
wanted to end the racial discrimination and segregation in America and it all started with the situation of bus boycotts. This was the emergence of MLK. On busses in Montgomery Alabama, there was a ‘white’ section, which was in the front, and a ‘black’ section, which was in the back. If there were no more seats in the ‘white’ section, then some colored people were ordered to give up their seat. It’s basically saying white people were distinguished and blacks looked up to them, But that’s false. Some colored people sometimes protested and this time it was a 15 yr. girl, Claudette Colvin, a student at Booker T. Washington High School in Montgomery got arrested on March 2, 1955 because she wouldn’t give up her seat to a white man. Then the same thing happened to Rosa Parks but this event actually lead to bus boycotts. On December 1, 1955, James Blake, the bus driver, told Rosa and 3 other colored people to move out of the seats. Rosa didn’t abide by the rules of what the bus driver said. "Are you going to stand up?" the driver demanded. Rosa Parks looked straight at him and said: "No." Flustered, and not quite sure what to do, Blake retorted, "Well, I'm going to have you arrested." And Parks, still sitting next to the window, replied softly, "You may do that." This quote shows that Rosa parks was very valiant towards colored people rights. Many black people refused to give up their seat before like Claudette Colvin, but the outcome for Rosa Parks was