The South has a reputation for it’s racially driven past and decades of history in righting the wrong’s associated with racial injustice. So why wasn’t The Black lives matter Movement started here as well? For as close-minded as the South and Alabama alone has been labeled, we have made tremendous strides toward racial equality and social justice. This is why the Black lives Matter movement would have failed. Because people like Jacqueline Massey know that through prayer and hopeful nonviolence we can accomplish more than we ever thought we could. Martin Luther King Jr.’s words toward nonviolence have transcended to future generations and prepared for resisting aggression, hatred and violence. But only time will tell if Mr. King’s values will stand the test of the Media’s …show more content…
Just like in the Sandy Hook shooting the media’s agenda was in favor of stricter gun laws versus mental health awareness. Following the Sandy hook school shooting came stricter gun laws in states like New York and Connecticut. In the recent cases such as Michael Brown, and Eric Garner the media play a substantial role in how society thinks. By depicting these events as the corruption in our justice department and white on black hate crimes rather than an officer using self-defense against a