Martin Luther King was a man of big dreams, intelligence, hunger, and an advocate for improving the future, especially during the horrific events of the Birmingham movement. Even though the odds were stacked against King, he persevered on to attain black civil rights and racism awareness in the USA in the 1960’s. King was an activist of black suffrage, he held public speeches, conferences and set up the “Project C Campaign” across Georgia and Alabama against the white supremacy. He was driven mostly through his personal experiences as well as the respect of his fellow African Americans. “He became enormously popular among the former slaves and Negroes” (35). King became the leader of the Birmingham movement in 1963 along with James Bevel and
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King stresses what he wants to achieve throughout Why We Can’t Wait, displaying black suffrage through his story of events, yet he managed to “cross the red sea of injustice and find their way to the Promised Land of integration and freedom” (81). King continued be the pinnacle of leadership throughout all of his boycotts, marches, and rallies during the 1960’s. He had been such an inspiration to many people that African Americans were beginning to stand up for what they believed. Rosa Parks, one of the famous names still known today, was arrested and sent to jail because she refused to give up her seat on a bus under Jim Crow Law. Her stout act of courageousness inspired many people to be strong, as well as increasing civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama. With the uproar of blacks standing up for themselves they started to “…rise with resolution and demand a share of governing power, and living conditions measured by American standards rather than by the standards of colonial impoverishment. “
King stresses what he wants to achieve throughout Why We Can’t Wait, displaying black suffrage through his story of events, yet he managed to “cross the red sea of injustice and find their way to the Promised Land of integration and freedom” (81). King continued be the pinnacle of leadership throughout all of his boycotts, marches, and rallies during the 1960’s. He had been such an inspiration to many people that African Americans were beginning to stand up for what they believed. Rosa Parks, one of the famous names still known today, was arrested and sent to jail because she refused to give up her seat on a bus under Jim Crow Law. Her stout act of courageousness inspired many people to be strong, as well as increasing civil rights movement in Montgomery, Alabama. With the uproar of blacks standing up for themselves they started to “…rise with resolution and demand a share of governing power, and living conditions measured by American standards rather than by the standards of colonial impoverishment. “