In order to have rights in America, you have to fight for them because they are not given effortlessly. In “The Fire Next Time,” James Baldwin states that action is necessary to achieve a goal. In “I Have a Dream,” Dr. Martin Luther King explains that by peace and kindness you will get to what you want. Baldwin and King were both voices of the Civil Rights Movement who had some of the same concepts, but also believed in different ways to fight for the rights of the black citizens of America. Even though they both view the way to fight for rights differently, James Baldwin believed in a stronger way to fight for rights.
Although, Dr. Martin Luther King believed peace and harmony could change the way African Americans were treated, it wasn’t …show more content…
As years went by with violence and slaves not being freed, John F. Kennedy came into office in 1961. Kennedy took a huge step in fighting for equal rights by proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Before Kennedy can sign the act off, Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. It was then signed by Kennedy’s successor Lyndon B. Johnson. The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public, and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was nothing less than a “second emancipation.” Even after the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil Rights Act were signed and out to the public, nothing was fixed with peace. African Americans were still being treated unfair.
However, Baldwin attempted to expand the black Civil Rights movement. Baldwin did not only talk about the rights of blacks in America, he believed in expanding the human rights in the world. He achieved to make the world understand that it must love one another including people of all races by expanding its limited view of the world. Baldwin believed that America has to view itself in a way for the reach of survival. Baldwin expanded the Civil …show more content…
The world needed to view themselves as all children of the same God, meaning whites needed to look for love for blacks, just as blacks needed to find love for whites. Baldwin also had a view in a religious way. Since Baldwin joined the church because of his guilt, he learned that there needs to be love to fight for human rights. Baldwin also questioned, “And if His love is so great, and if He loved all His children, why were we, the blacks, cast down so far?” (Baldwin, 31). Baldwin felt like his prayers to God weren’t being heard. He felt like heaven wouldn’t hear him. Baldwin had the urge to be more than just a worshipper in church, so he became a youth minister which helped him relate God and love with fighting for equality throughout the world, and rights for
Although, Dr. Martin Luther King believed peace and harmony could change the way African Americans were treated, it wasn’t …show more content…
As years went by with violence and slaves not being freed, John F. Kennedy came into office in 1961. Kennedy took a huge step in fighting for equal rights by proposing the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Before Kennedy can sign the act off, Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. It was then signed by Kennedy’s successor Lyndon B. Johnson. The Civil Rights Act ended segregation in public, and banned employment discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex or national origin. Martin Luther King Jr. believed that the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was nothing less than a “second emancipation.” Even after the Emancipation Proclamation and the Civil Rights Act were signed and out to the public, nothing was fixed with peace. African Americans were still being treated unfair.
However, Baldwin attempted to expand the black Civil Rights movement. Baldwin did not only talk about the rights of blacks in America, he believed in expanding the human rights in the world. He achieved to make the world understand that it must love one another including people of all races by expanding its limited view of the world. Baldwin believed that America has to view itself in a way for the reach of survival. Baldwin expanded the Civil …show more content…
The world needed to view themselves as all children of the same God, meaning whites needed to look for love for blacks, just as blacks needed to find love for whites. Baldwin also had a view in a religious way. Since Baldwin joined the church because of his guilt, he learned that there needs to be love to fight for human rights. Baldwin also questioned, “And if His love is so great, and if He loved all His children, why were we, the blacks, cast down so far?” (Baldwin, 31). Baldwin felt like his prayers to God weren’t being heard. He felt like heaven wouldn’t hear him. Baldwin had the urge to be more than just a worshipper in church, so he became a youth minister which helped him relate God and love with fighting for equality throughout the world, and rights for