How Did Coretta Scott King Change The World

Even though we often pride ourselves today for having come so far, regarding discrimination and equality, it is clear in many ways that the world is still a prejudiced and unjust place. We cannot continue to allow people to remain ignorant. The mindset that an individual person cannot trigger a reaction great enough to change the world is one of the biggest parts of what is stopping us from getting better. People such as Coretta Scott King don’t allow themselves to remain ignorant to the injustices happening around them and they use their voices to do whatever they can to help. Coretta Scott King, a passionate activist for a potpourri of injustices, fought on even after the murder of her husband Martin Luther King. Her involvement in various protests and fights against inequality shows that she refuses to be uneducated about all sorts of issues, even those that do not directly impact her or her family. King involved herself with the LGBTQ community, feminists, homeless, poor, etc. Given the …show more content…
Even after her husband was killed, King’s drive to better the world did not waver. Despite having her own personal issues to contend with, she never lost sight of all the people that she needed to stand up for. Her ability to multitask and her motivation that drove her to still work to help others, even though they didn’t directly impact her, showed just how passionate she was about everything she did. Being able to talk to a feminist such as King could truly help inspire myself as well as others to be just as selfless as she was. If more people today could adopt this altruistic mindset, we could begin changing things more rapidly and spread the awareness of issues all around us and show everyone how they could help. While I do my best to always keep others in mind, she could help me learn how to multitask both my personal life and the causes I would like to