Martin Luther King had a dream of a community of which color of skin was not a problem and how people were viewed or able to live their lives. Actually, his insight in society has changed people's point of views so much, that anybody that has gone to school in America has most likely learned about Martin Luther King. People in school are taught about his popular “I Have a Dream" speech, and we have a better comprehension of his influence in Civil Rights in America as a whole. Martin Luther King Jr.'s way to attain equal rights was different than other black power advocates, by this Martin Luther King changed the world. To illustrate, Martin Luther King's philosophy was that all people should be treated equally and fairly no matter what
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Some argued that it was the "wrong time" for the protests (Patson 12). Black people shouldn’t be patient. Martin Luther King, Jr. said. Martin Luther answered haters by stating that it's always the right time to do what's right (Levine 83). Besides, he said, blacks have waited more than three hundred years for justice. (Levine 83). He also wrote a book called "Why We Can't Wait” to further prove his point (Levine 83.) Segregationists always looked for someone to blame. Often they said people who didn't live in the town were “stirring the pot” or causing trouble (Patson 11). Segregationists like to say our colored people are happy. Dr. King clapped back to people that said this by announcing that black people didn't need anybody else to tell them that segregation was wrong. Black children and their parents knew that most white people wouldn't treat them as equals. Sheriff Z.T Mathews of Terrell County, Georgia, said, "We want our colored people to go on living like they have for the last hundred year” (Pastan 14). Many whites, like Sheriff Mathews, didn't want anything to change. Some liked thinking they were superior to blacks (Rappaport 20). But blacks were still fighting against discrimination. The criticisms couldn't stop
Some argued that it was the "wrong time" for the protests (Patson 12). Black people shouldn’t be patient. Martin Luther King, Jr. said. Martin Luther answered haters by stating that it's always the right time to do what's right (Levine 83). Besides, he said, blacks have waited more than three hundred years for justice. (Levine 83). He also wrote a book called "Why We Can't Wait” to further prove his point (Levine 83.) Segregationists always looked for someone to blame. Often they said people who didn't live in the town were “stirring the pot” or causing trouble (Patson 11). Segregationists like to say our colored people are happy. Dr. King clapped back to people that said this by announcing that black people didn't need anybody else to tell them that segregation was wrong. Black children and their parents knew that most white people wouldn't treat them as equals. Sheriff Z.T Mathews of Terrell County, Georgia, said, "We want our colored people to go on living like they have for the last hundred year” (Pastan 14). Many whites, like Sheriff Mathews, didn't want anything to change. Some liked thinking they were superior to blacks (Rappaport 20). But blacks were still fighting against discrimination. The criticisms couldn't stop