‘‘If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward”. These are the words of a true legend named Martin Luther King Jr. His civil rights activities changed the world. Martin Luther King did very big changes.
According to “ your dictionary” he brought publicity to major civil rights activities and efforts. Martin Luther King emphasized and encouraged the importance of non-violent protest and resistance. He also provided leadership to the African American civil rights. Such as finding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to harness the moral authority and organizing power of black churches.These civil rights activities were founded by Martin Luther …show more content…
The people who were affected of all of this were the African Americans, the hispanics, the whites, and the Asian. All of this affected them because they were left out of doing a lot of things just because of their skin color. Or they were even not allow to do them.
The Civil Rights Movement states that, “The civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to those of whites, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, and the right to be free of racial discrimination.” The ones that suffered the most were the blacks. Everything was against them only because of their skin color. Everything was favorable for the whites for their skin color. All of this was so unfair.
According to “Marked by the teachers’’ Martin Luther King was arrested. On December 5th 1955 he was arrested for illegal boycott with 100 other protesters.Thanks to this boycott it gave him a position of leadership within the national movement and it also showed him the non violent method of protest was very effective. This is what convinced Martin Luther King to organize a march for everyone can listen to “ I Have A Dream”(this is his famous speech and most popular one) 200,000 people went to listen to it. In this speech he mentions all the unfair things that were happening and why
According to “ your dictionary” he brought publicity to major civil rights activities and efforts. Martin Luther King emphasized and encouraged the importance of non-violent protest and resistance. He also provided leadership to the African American civil rights. Such as finding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference to harness the moral authority and organizing power of black churches.These civil rights activities were founded by Martin Luther …show more content…
The people who were affected of all of this were the African Americans, the hispanics, the whites, and the Asian. All of this affected them because they were left out of doing a lot of things just because of their skin color. Or they were even not allow to do them.
The Civil Rights Movement states that, “The civil rights movement was a struggle by African Americans in the mid-1950s to late 1960s to achieve civil rights equal to those of whites, including equal opportunity in employment, housing, and education, as well as the right to vote, the right of equal access to public facilities, and the right to be free of racial discrimination.” The ones that suffered the most were the blacks. Everything was against them only because of their skin color. Everything was favorable for the whites for their skin color. All of this was so unfair.
According to “Marked by the teachers’’ Martin Luther King was arrested. On December 5th 1955 he was arrested for illegal boycott with 100 other protesters.Thanks to this boycott it gave him a position of leadership within the national movement and it also showed him the non violent method of protest was very effective. This is what convinced Martin Luther King to organize a march for everyone can listen to “ I Have A Dream”(this is his famous speech and most popular one) 200,000 people went to listen to it. In this speech he mentions all the unfair things that were happening and why