Comparison Of Myself With Martin Luther King Jr.

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People don’t always stand up for what they believe is right many people don’t speak up because they think they will get involved in to legal problems or just because they don’t feel like losing their time in to legal situations. I have stood up for one of my friends he was getting bully by other kids because of his color. I am very proud for what I did at that time because I don't think that people should be bully just because of their physical appearance. I think I could compare my self with Martin Luther king Jr because he used to defend the people who were discriminated by their color. Many people wounded stood up for what I stood up for so that is why I felt proud of my self because I was only a kid when

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