Martin Luther King Persuasive Speech

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yesterday the State barred 9 Negro students from an all white high school here yesterday. Fully armed soldiers had guns over their shoulder. They were here yesterday and here today protecting the colored students from a angry mob of 400 white students. The White students were screaming, yelling, and shouting “Go Home Niggers we don’t want or need you here. The Colored student replied with a smart attitude “we will enter the all white school tomorrow and again and again”. Governor Faubus said in the news conference that he was not acting to preserve peace and prevent bloodshed despite the order from F.D.C.(Federal district Court). Gov. Faubus states that he “would not permit Negroes to enter the White schools in the city”. The question everyone's asking does he want to give these kids and chance or just break them apart? …show more content…
Faubus became the national symbol of racial segregation. When he used Arkansas National guardsmen to block the enrollment of nine black children. That day they had been ordered by a federal judge to desegregate. People say that Governor Faubus action’s created a crisis with the President. You may call him D. Eisenhower, his full Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Is considered the best colored figure in the modern fight for civil rights and his legacy is large in the work of all those who follow him. NAACP and Martin Luther King’s dates back to his position on the committees of the NAACP. His leadership let a lot of people great justice in the various boycotts, marches and rallies. This year the NAACP awarded him with a very special medal. Spingarn Medal is the medal he received, he also accepted a nobel peace prize for his achievements and

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