To understand the impact that both Martin Luther King Jr and Barack Obama had on the United States all you have to do is look at their history with this nation. Martin Luther King Jr was around durning a time when the oppression of the black man was greater than ever in the US. King’s speeches and battles were the ones that allowed Obama to even have the platform to run for president. In 2008 Obama made a speech widely recognized as the “More Perfect Union” Speech, which he presented when allegations came around that he was afflicted with the views a pastor who's church he attended came around. Obama attempts to state his views of the speech and his true feelings about what the pastor has said. Not only does he tackle the pastors views he also
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His family had a religious background. His grandfather was a minister in a small church with about 10 members. His father Martin Luther King Sr. then took over the church following in his in-law’s feet. Eventually this throne would ultimately be passed down onto Martin. At first however he wasn’t passionate about religion which is something that many are shocked by considering that many of King’s speeches and writing are centered around his use of the bible and faith in God. Not only did he love God but he also had a love for education, earning a Ph.D. at the young age of 25. This was in 1955 the same year of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was what initially inspired King to say enough and protest the segregation laws that were set in place. He continued to protest with the people against a system that oppressed and continued to declare them less then human. Many protests and arrests later King started to receive heavy criticism from other clergymen like him. This criticism is what inspired him to write “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in 1963 while he was being held in jail in Birmingham, Alabama.
Barack Obama’s upbringing was quite different from King’s he was born 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama was born to a white mother and black father. However he was for the most part raised by his mother’s parents. At a young age he came to the realization that racism was still prevalent being that he was one of three black men in his
His family had a religious background. His grandfather was a minister in a small church with about 10 members. His father Martin Luther King Sr. then took over the church following in his in-law’s feet. Eventually this throne would ultimately be passed down onto Martin. At first however he wasn’t passionate about religion which is something that many are shocked by considering that many of King’s speeches and writing are centered around his use of the bible and faith in God. Not only did he love God but he also had a love for education, earning a Ph.D. at the young age of 25. This was in 1955 the same year of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. This was what initially inspired King to say enough and protest the segregation laws that were set in place. He continued to protest with the people against a system that oppressed and continued to declare them less then human. Many protests and arrests later King started to receive heavy criticism from other clergymen like him. This criticism is what inspired him to write “Letter from Birmingham Jail” in 1963 while he was being held in jail in Birmingham, Alabama.
Barack Obama’s upbringing was quite different from King’s he was born 1961 in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama was born to a white mother and black father. However he was for the most part raised by his mother’s parents. At a young age he came to the realization that racism was still prevalent being that he was one of three black men in his