On a sweltering summer day in the City of Atlanta or the “ATL” as it is affectionately known today, I visited my best friend while he visited his father for the summer. That day I remember vividly because as soon as we stepped outside of the airport to take the “MARTA” train, I began to sweat profusely. Anyone that has been to Atlanta during the summer knows it is incredibly humid there. A week earlier I had seen my friend, and we planned out what we were going to do that week I visited. I knew I wanted to visit Spellman College, Morehouse College, Clark Atlanta University, and Morris Brown College, but before I could visit the Atlanta University Center or the “AUC” as it is called to the locals, I felt compelled to visit the grave site of one of the most influential human being to walk this earth. My first
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Dr. Martin Luther King was a very intelligent man, who was the definition of a Real Man. He was an average man, who like to play pool, and get his hair cut, however, I felt like I wanted to personally express gratitude towards him for making strides for people like my grandmother and grandfather, and of course for me. This man fought a never ending battle against POVERTY, RACISM and MILITARISM. He sacrificed his family’s life as well as his for the rights of those who lived in poverty, or faced racism to be equal. He was inspired, and used the brilliant strategies to fight “Jim Crow” by enlisting the strategies of two men. The First is Mahatma Gandhi, a lawyer from India leader of the Indian independence movement, who used Non Violence to gain independence from British Rule. And the second, a gentleman by the name of A. Philip Randolph. He was one of America's most prominent civil rights activists. Randolph was influential in establishing the first mass-oriented civil rights movement in the U.S. The March on Washington during 1940s, therefore I am sure you detect the
Dr. Martin Luther King was a very intelligent man, who was the definition of a Real Man. He was an average man, who like to play pool, and get his hair cut, however, I felt like I wanted to personally express gratitude towards him for making strides for people like my grandmother and grandfather, and of course for me. This man fought a never ending battle against POVERTY, RACISM and MILITARISM. He sacrificed his family’s life as well as his for the rights of those who lived in poverty, or faced racism to be equal. He was inspired, and used the brilliant strategies to fight “Jim Crow” by enlisting the strategies of two men. The First is Mahatma Gandhi, a lawyer from India leader of the Indian independence movement, who used Non Violence to gain independence from British Rule. And the second, a gentleman by the name of A. Philip Randolph. He was one of America's most prominent civil rights activists. Randolph was influential in establishing the first mass-oriented civil rights movement in the U.S. The March on Washington during 1940s, therefore I am sure you detect the