The government ignored the Declaration of Independence in 1960 by not giving blacks their unalienable rights (King, “Speeches” 150). People of all races are guaranteed life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, but this was not upheld. Blacks were horribly discriminated against by white people. In 1963, there was a man who spoke in front of thousands of people whose speeches are still read and lectured today, and this man’s name was Martin Luther King Jr. The ‘I Have a Dream Speech’ is important when looking at segregation in the U.S., his involvement in the civil rights movement, and how his speech helped change history.
A major conflict in the 1960s was segregation. Blacks were not treated equally with whites, and they were rarely seen together. They had different facilities, like waiting rooms and bathrooms, which the blacks facility conditions were worse than the whites. Blacks and whites could not be seen …show more content…
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was on December 1, 1955. The cause of the boycott was because of Rosa Parks, a black woman, who decided she would not give up her seat for a white person (King, “I Have a Dream” 33-34). When Parks decided not to move, blacks took notice of this and wanted to do something about segregation. They created a group called the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) and the black community elected Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. as the president of the new group. When elected of the MIA, King took Gandhi’s inspiration and realized segregation could possibly be stopped. Gandhi had taken over India for the Indians with boycotts and protesting. He got attention from being in jail, and that is how he got his followers. King decided to lead other people in what they believe in and said blacks would have to swallow their fear and stand up against whites in order to achieve their goal of getting their unalienable rights (Haskins
A major conflict in the 1960s was segregation. Blacks were not treated equally with whites, and they were rarely seen together. They had different facilities, like waiting rooms and bathrooms, which the blacks facility conditions were worse than the whites. Blacks and whites could not be seen …show more content…
The Montgomery Bus Boycott was on December 1, 1955. The cause of the boycott was because of Rosa Parks, a black woman, who decided she would not give up her seat for a white person (King, “I Have a Dream” 33-34). When Parks decided not to move, blacks took notice of this and wanted to do something about segregation. They created a group called the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) and the black community elected Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. as the president of the new group. When elected of the MIA, King took Gandhi’s inspiration and realized segregation could possibly be stopped. Gandhi had taken over India for the Indians with boycotts and protesting. He got attention from being in jail, and that is how he got his followers. King decided to lead other people in what they believe in and said blacks would have to swallow their fear and stand up against whites in order to achieve their goal of getting their unalienable rights (Haskins