Argumentative Essay About Martin Luther King

Register to read the introduction… Martin Luther King, Jr. accomplished many things in his lifetime. His greatest belief in the world was equality for all. He fought hard his whole life to make peace and change the minds of racists. Martin was a minister, so he shared his beliefs at church and other places. His most famous and notable speech was at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. He spoke to thousands of people black and white and shared his feelings and expressed his ideas about equality. “We hold these to truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal.” Those words were Thomas Jefferson’s words, spoken by Dr. King at the March on Washington. He also boycotted with many other African-Americans in the 1960’s. Dr. King was put in jail for no actual legal reason and he did not let himself be consumed with rage and use violence. He pulled whites and black together to stop racism. This was not an easy to accomplish where he lived (Moral Heroes). Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. grew up in Atlanta, Georgia. He lived in Atlanta until he went to college at the age of fifteen. He became a Baptist minister at Crozer Theological Seminary in Upland, Pennsylvania. He went to Boston and received …show more content…
Martin Luther King, Jr. accomplished many wonderful things during his life. He has impacted my life deeply. If it were not for him there would be lots of racism in our school system and in our society. If this was true the schools would be more concerned about racism and rudeness then giving their students each a fair and quality education. As I grow up I hope to see more progress towards equality in fairness for all and less things like racist owners of sports teams and people paying women unfair wages. Luckily, we had Martin Luther King, Jr. who helped make at blacks have the right to vote, stopped segregation and many other things. There is still some racism, but with Dr. Kings words in our heart, we can abolish whatever bigotry there is left in our