“Human progress never rolls in on wheels of inevitability; it comes through the tireless efforts of men willing to be co-workers with God…” During the 1950s, the Civil Rights Movement began to end racial discrimination against African Americans in America. It was a large demonstration of protests and organizations. The process to gain their freedom was long and drawn out. Nonviolent demonstrations of African Americans and those who supported them, were peaceful acts organized to demand the rights America had been promising. Many labeled this demand as an example of extremism to which Martin Luther King agreed, noting that it was of good extremism. There are still large cases of extremism today, but many are examples of bad extremism.
Throughout history, extremism has been negatively perceived. But despite that, extremism has a good side to it. As Martin had said, “Was not Jesus an extremist for love…Amos an extremist for justice…Will we be extremists for hate or for love?” He was trying to prove that those mentioned were extremist towards their own causes. Those causes had changed history and had not been necessarily perceived as bad. Extremism can be a good thing, if it is …show more content…
This part of the movement had been called extreme, but as Martin had said, it was good extremism. Today, there are cases of bad extremism. In the past, extremism was used for reasonable requests like basic human rights, but today, extremism is used to harm others. Nonviolent protests were put in place to use pure means in seek of pure ends. America was said to be the land of the free, but had become an oppressor to some of its people, denying them the rights they were promised. The Civil Rights Movement was a conflict that influenced violence and peace, but through resounding voices such as Martin Luther King, achievements were attained in the fight for
Throughout history, extremism has been negatively perceived. But despite that, extremism has a good side to it. As Martin had said, “Was not Jesus an extremist for love…Amos an extremist for justice…Will we be extremists for hate or for love?” He was trying to prove that those mentioned were extremist towards their own causes. Those causes had changed history and had not been necessarily perceived as bad. Extremism can be a good thing, if it is …show more content…
This part of the movement had been called extreme, but as Martin had said, it was good extremism. Today, there are cases of bad extremism. In the past, extremism was used for reasonable requests like basic human rights, but today, extremism is used to harm others. Nonviolent protests were put in place to use pure means in seek of pure ends. America was said to be the land of the free, but had become an oppressor to some of its people, denying them the rights they were promised. The Civil Rights Movement was a conflict that influenced violence and peace, but through resounding voices such as Martin Luther King, achievements were attained in the fight for