“I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”“I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit together at the table of brotherhood.”(brainyquotes.com) People of our nation have worked and aspired to find great leaders and workers, but many say no one can be as great as Martin Luther King Jr. We always look back on him for great ideas and remember that he fought for equality for all people.Many faces come together for this fight, but all come together to fight as one community. King, an inspiration to all, a man that wanted to
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It was started when Rosa Parks, at the time 42 years old, refused to give up her seat to a few white gentlemen. This put her in a jail, but it was a great turning point. Now they would start THE boycott that lasted for a little over a year. With these he was thrown in jail many times for being accused of violent-protests when they hadn’t even happened yet. “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never yet engaged in a direct action movement that was "well timed," according to the timetable of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never." We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied." (biography.com). This letter from Birmingham Jail was written by Dr. King to try and gain his freedom and for not only his, but the nation’s peace. Even when John F Kennedy passed the Civil rights act for what seemed like freedom and equality for everyone in the United States. Not only was this big for the people, It was big for the whole nation of America. What they did not know was that they ad not won it all …show more content…
Today there is an organization that helps send food out to people in Africa to help with hunger problems throughout the world . This organization is called FMSC or Feed My Starving Children. Here you will pack bags of dry food for these starving children. You will do this for an hour with a group of 6 people. Every ten minutes you can change your station and overall it is just for a great cause. Time flies when you are at a place where you know that you are doing what has been needed to be done right there and then, and in many other places. I also will serve with and for my family and neighbors and help take care of any needed services. I will take care of their pets, and also, occasionally, do some of their yard work. At school we help the teachers or anyone else after school with whatever projects are needed to be done. We all aspire to be like Dr. King, but to come through we all need to be helping our world to be a better place. To help we can all do the little things to come through like helping neighbors, help a great organization with food, and always help out at school. We can all live out the dream of Martin Luther King, by doing what we enjoy while still helping others in a non-violent
It was started when Rosa Parks, at the time 42 years old, refused to give up her seat to a few white gentlemen. This put her in a jail, but it was a great turning point. Now they would start THE boycott that lasted for a little over a year. With these he was thrown in jail many times for being accused of violent-protests when they hadn’t even happened yet. “We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed. Frankly I have never yet engaged in a direct action movement that was "well timed," according to the timetable of those who have not suffered unduly from the disease of segregation. For years now I have heard the word "Wait!" It rings in the ear of every Negro with a piercing familiarity. This "wait" has almost always meant "never." We must come to see with the distinguished jurist of yesterday that "justice too long delayed is justice denied." (biography.com). This letter from Birmingham Jail was written by Dr. King to try and gain his freedom and for not only his, but the nation’s peace. Even when John F Kennedy passed the Civil rights act for what seemed like freedom and equality for everyone in the United States. Not only was this big for the people, It was big for the whole nation of America. What they did not know was that they ad not won it all …show more content…
Today there is an organization that helps send food out to people in Africa to help with hunger problems throughout the world . This organization is called FMSC or Feed My Starving Children. Here you will pack bags of dry food for these starving children. You will do this for an hour with a group of 6 people. Every ten minutes you can change your station and overall it is just for a great cause. Time flies when you are at a place where you know that you are doing what has been needed to be done right there and then, and in many other places. I also will serve with and for my family and neighbors and help take care of any needed services. I will take care of their pets, and also, occasionally, do some of their yard work. At school we help the teachers or anyone else after school with whatever projects are needed to be done. We all aspire to be like Dr. King, but to come through we all need to be helping our world to be a better place. To help we can all do the little things to come through like helping neighbors, help a great organization with food, and always help out at school. We can all live out the dream of Martin Luther King, by doing what we enjoy while still helping others in a non-violent