Martin Luther King
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws in the south were the laws made to separate blacks from whites. They were made specifically to humiliate, frighten, and dehumanize the blacks. Blacks had to sit in the black’s only section of the bus, where they also had to pay in the front get out and get in in the back, the bus driver would often drive of while the blacks were outside the bus. They had to sit at different tables at the diner’s and restaurant. This was a way to out the blacks, and thereby make it that much more humiliating for them. The people, who dared to go against these laws, were taken to the police station. They would get put into jail, not for a lot of time, but it was a way for the whites to show that they had the power, …show more content…
It was also shown in the way the blacks were treated in everyday life. They were humiliated, and intimidated this was a way for the whites to show that they were the ones with the power. The black kids had to get an education apart from the whites. Even in schools with blind kids, where they couldn’t see the color of skin. The Blacks were often victims to violent behavior performed by whites. These acts were often beatings, but could also get as violent as house burnings, especially if the Ku Klux Klan were involved. This was all something Martin Luther King wanted to change.
The beginning of a revolution
Martin Luther King was a black man who wanted to change things, a lot of people did honestly, but he wanted to do it the non-violent way. Dr. King had heard of Gandhi, who had started a movement in India to get the British out, and Dr. King wanted to follow this pattern of revolution. He became a Minister, because he knew this was a way to reach a lot of people at once. He began teaching the people who came to his church of pride, pride of being black, that they had done nothing wrong when they had been born with that color skin.
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Black and white people rode busses through the south, stop-ping to do sit-ins at ‘whites only’ lunch counters. And to generally do things in places that were ‘whites only’. These freedom rides were organized by SCLS, The Southern Christian leadership Conference. At first these freedom rides were peaceful, but it became violent, there were incidents in Rock Hill, South Carolina; Anniston, Alabama; and also in Montgomery, Alabama. The police might have been there but they didn’t help, or arrest any of the attackers.
‘I have a dream’
August 28, 1963, was the day of the biggest march, but also for a very important speech. Dr. King spoke to two hundred thousand people, on the steps of the Lincoln memorial. He spoke of a future where blacks and whites were equal, and where his children were valued for their personality and not the color of their skin. It is important to note, that he wanted equality for all, not for the blacks to be above the whites, or of revenge on the whites.
By 1965 ‘whites only’ signs were illegal. Blacks were able to vote, work, go to school, and do most things whites were able to.
Jim Crow laws
Jim Crow laws in the south were the laws made to separate blacks from whites. They were made specifically to humiliate, frighten, and dehumanize the blacks. Blacks had to sit in the black’s only section of the bus, where they also had to pay in the front get out and get in in the back, the bus driver would often drive of while the blacks were outside the bus. They had to sit at different tables at the diner’s and restaurant. This was a way to out the blacks, and thereby make it that much more humiliating for them. The people, who dared to go against these laws, were taken to the police station. They would get put into jail, not for a lot of time, but it was a way for the whites to show that they had the power, …show more content…
It was also shown in the way the blacks were treated in everyday life. They were humiliated, and intimidated this was a way for the whites to show that they were the ones with the power. The black kids had to get an education apart from the whites. Even in schools with blind kids, where they couldn’t see the color of skin. The Blacks were often victims to violent behavior performed by whites. These acts were often beatings, but could also get as violent as house burnings, especially if the Ku Klux Klan were involved. This was all something Martin Luther King wanted to change.
The beginning of a revolution
Martin Luther King was a black man who wanted to change things, a lot of people did honestly, but he wanted to do it the non-violent way. Dr. King had heard of Gandhi, who had started a movement in India to get the British out, and Dr. King wanted to follow this pattern of revolution. He became a Minister, because he knew this was a way to reach a lot of people at once. He began teaching the people who came to his church of pride, pride of being black, that they had done nothing wrong when they had been born with that color skin.
Rosa …show more content…
Black and white people rode busses through the south, stop-ping to do sit-ins at ‘whites only’ lunch counters. And to generally do things in places that were ‘whites only’. These freedom rides were organized by SCLS, The Southern Christian leadership Conference. At first these freedom rides were peaceful, but it became violent, there were incidents in Rock Hill, South Carolina; Anniston, Alabama; and also in Montgomery, Alabama. The police might have been there but they didn’t help, or arrest any of the attackers.
‘I have a dream’
August 28, 1963, was the day of the biggest march, but also for a very important speech. Dr. King spoke to two hundred thousand people, on the steps of the Lincoln memorial. He spoke of a future where blacks and whites were equal, and where his children were valued for their personality and not the color of their skin. It is important to note, that he wanted equality for all, not for the blacks to be above the whites, or of revenge on the whites.
By 1965 ‘whites only’ signs were illegal. Blacks were able to vote, work, go to school, and do most things whites were able to.