Joshua Polanco
November 28, 2016
Professor Sharnak
Civil Rights Essay
Martin Luther, Leader of Civil Rights Movement
It is a good reason that the general population remembers Martin Luther King Jr. as the dominant figure in civil rights movement. Martin Luther is a good reason because he played the role of non-violence movement and it does look better, than other groups who fought racism with violence. It is better to have a leader that has move a group of people the right way, other than the way that looks bad. Therefore for example, “The Deacons emerged as one of the first visible self-defense forces in the South and as such represented a new face of the civil rights movement.1“This is an example of a self-defense group that fought …show more content…
Rosa Parks is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People member credited with the launch of the Bus Boycotts. This protest by the black community occurred after she violated a city ordinance in refusing to give her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. “Parks—who had lost her job and experienced harassment all year—became known as ‘the mother of the civil rights movement’.4” She was known for being the mother of the civil rights movement because of how persistent she was, regardless of what harassment she went through, it did not stop …show more content…
should be the face because of the amount of accomplishments he has accomplished during the civil rights movement, but also the way he was took in order to achieve those accomplishments. With the success of the Montgomery bus boycott, the “I have a dream” speech, and many more are all examples of accomplishments Martin Luther King did using the non-violence movement. Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist, who was also named "the mother of the freedom movement", for her arrest for not giving up her bus seat which started the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Malcolm X was also another civil rights leader because he was a people’s favorite since he was promoting black separation, where a separate black community can use violence as a means of self-defense. There were many figures during the Civil Rights movement, but Martin Luther King Jr. best represented a way to make change for African
November 28, 2016
Professor Sharnak
Civil Rights Essay
Martin Luther, Leader of Civil Rights Movement
It is a good reason that the general population remembers Martin Luther King Jr. as the dominant figure in civil rights movement. Martin Luther is a good reason because he played the role of non-violence movement and it does look better, than other groups who fought racism with violence. It is better to have a leader that has move a group of people the right way, other than the way that looks bad. Therefore for example, “The Deacons emerged as one of the first visible self-defense forces in the South and as such represented a new face of the civil rights movement.1“This is an example of a self-defense group that fought …show more content…
Rosa Parks is the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People member credited with the launch of the Bus Boycotts. This protest by the black community occurred after she violated a city ordinance in refusing to give her seat to a white man on a segregated bus in Montgomery, Alabama. “Parks—who had lost her job and experienced harassment all year—became known as ‘the mother of the civil rights movement’.4” She was known for being the mother of the civil rights movement because of how persistent she was, regardless of what harassment she went through, it did not stop …show more content…
should be the face because of the amount of accomplishments he has accomplished during the civil rights movement, but also the way he was took in order to achieve those accomplishments. With the success of the Montgomery bus boycott, the “I have a dream” speech, and many more are all examples of accomplishments Martin Luther King did using the non-violence movement. Rosa Parks was an American civil rights activist, who was also named "the mother of the freedom movement", for her arrest for not giving up her bus seat which started the Montgomery, Alabama, bus boycott. Malcolm X was also another civil rights leader because he was a people’s favorite since he was promoting black separation, where a separate black community can use violence as a means of self-defense. There were many figures during the Civil Rights movement, but Martin Luther King Jr. best represented a way to make change for African