Similarities Between Mlk And Jfk

JFK and MLK addressed the public within months of each other in the summer of 1963. Both were leaders during 1963 when some of the most important events of the Civil Rights Movement happened. These men delivered credible speeches that addressed different people but had logical arguments. JFK was the President of the United States in 1963 and MLK was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. Because of this both are best known for their words of wisdom and the actions they took during the 1960s. The reason their words are so famous today, is that both JFK and MLK have a good ethos with the majority of the public. They’re known for being reliable, given that they are both leaders. You can see that JFK has good character, and is therefore honest and credible, in where he states, “It ought to be possible” (JFK). He states this over and over to reiterate the fact that although it should be possible for African Americans to be …show more content…
He also states, “this is a land of the free except for the Negroes; we have no second class citizens except Negroes; that we have no class or caste system, no ghettos, no master race, except with respect to Negroes” (JFK). Again, JFK enunciated that the conditions to which the African Americans were being treated were not right and not ethical in any sense. Similarly, MLK shows his morals and ethics in where he specifies, “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred.” (MLK) In this, he shows the necessity for change, but not violence. JFK understands that what is happening is wrong, and MLK, actually having lived through the treatment as he himself is Negro, addresses that change must happen, but in order to be ethical and continue to do right, change