“I Have a Dream” Those four words changed the world. Those four words were said by none other than Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a very unique life. He was very educated and popular, he inspired many African Americas, he created a change, and he had many people on his side, but not all of them. . He was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929. He was a very hardworking and inspiring man, so hardworking that at the age of fifteen, he was enrolled at Morehouse College. He graduated from there in 1948 and wanted to be a minister like his father. In 1953, he then married Coretta Scott and soon had four kids. In 1955, he completed his work at Boston Graduate School and got his PHD. During all of this, Martin Luther King Jr. had become very famous.
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was a civil rights activist, he tried to get rid of discrimination and take down segregation laws. He led protests, made speeches, held campaigns and so much mote. All of these things inspired many African Americans to become civil rights activists and to take a stand and demand what was theirs. One of these African Americans was the one and only Rosa Parks; who refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white person. She is sometimes referred to as, "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Rosa Parks awakened 42,000 African Americans and they followed her by boycotting city buses. Things were changing, and for the better. For example; During the sixties, young African-American College boys started sitting at the "white" tables. Protests happened, which were broken up by the southern police, who used police dogs and fire hoses. These protests paid off because the violence and drama of them were shown on television and it got President Kennedy to propose a bill to deal with this. This demolished segregation
was a civil rights activist, he tried to get rid of discrimination and take down segregation laws. He led protests, made speeches, held campaigns and so much mote. All of these things inspired many African Americans to become civil rights activists and to take a stand and demand what was theirs. One of these African Americans was the one and only Rosa Parks; who refused to give up her seat on a bus for a white person. She is sometimes referred to as, "the first lady of civil rights" and "the mother of the freedom movement". Rosa Parks awakened 42,000 African Americans and they followed her by boycotting city buses. Things were changing, and for the better. For example; During the sixties, young African-American College boys started sitting at the "white" tables. Protests happened, which were broken up by the southern police, who used police dogs and fire hoses. These protests paid off because the violence and drama of them were shown on television and it got President Kennedy to propose a bill to deal with this. This demolished segregation