Martin Luther King Naturalistic Analysis

When looking back at history at history thoroughly there are many events in the past that are considered significant, or hold importances in the advancement of the human race. There are two approaches that are considered when looking into the historical past. The two perspectives are personalistic and naturalistic. The personalistic focuses on an individuals, and believe that the specific individual are the ever changing forces that create historical events. Also that without these extraordinary characters actions or beliefs, historically our lives and society would be pan out differently. A person who took this perspective would say Dr. Martin Luther King's walk on Washington speech was a "turning point" in the civil rights movement …show more content…
Rather than a certain individual being reason for the dramatic shift in things such as society, politics and religion. A person with this belief believes it is something bigger than the person's control, that make these historical events happen. A word that is often thrown around is "zeitgeist " which means the cultural atmosphere plays a role into shaping different events. A person with a naturalistic approach would believe that it was the social view of equality being pushed during the time of Dr. King's speech then the speech itself of his attributes. The time this speech was given on August 28, 1963 a lot things were happening and had happened. For one you have Brown v Board of education II, desegregation of education is unconstitutional. The equal pay act of 1963 that required employers to pay the employees equally for equal work. Not to mention you hadn't the Montgomery bus boycott more than half a decade ago. All of these events were Around the same time period, many even overlapping. So someone with this approach would believe if Dr. King wasn't the one to deliver the powerful speech. Eventually someone else would have based off the racial tensions and major push for equal