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held one in bondage. Although, freedom according to the Merriam Webster’s dictionary gives a concise definition which states: “Liberation from slavery or restraint or from the other power of another: independence. Nevertheless, Martin Luther king Jr. is a well-known activist who fought for the freedom for African Americans. Also know for the March and his I have a dream speech. He wrote a letter while being kept in the Birmingham jail giving his rebuttal to the 8 clergy man who fail to address…

The 1950s in the United States is notorious for the strong racism that many African Americans experienced. However, it was also during this decade that important historical figures such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. called out for a change. Sixty-five years later, segregation laws have been abolished and the harsh treatment towards African Americans has decreased immensely, but still exists. Prejudice towards African Americans was extremely common in the 1950s, however the racial segregation of…

Throughout time, the true meaning of beauty has been viewed from many different perspectives, but no era has given witness to evolving beauty like the 1970’s and it’s new found love for life, music, and political protests. In order to move on to the next generation first, we had to go through a series of ignorance. We had groups such as the infamous KKK who did not like to cooperate and tried everything in their power to scare the Blacks out of their area. They would go as far as burning their…

There is a perception that the American racist mentality is dead. However, this is not the case, seeing how the post- civil rights movement era is subtly reminiscent of the civil rights time period. That observation leads one to believe that all members of each race possess characteristics or abilities specific to that race, especially so as to distinguish it as inferior or superior to another race. The reason that this perception that racism exist, is based on the ignorance society has toward…

A great leader has to have one main attribute and that is character because character covers all the aspects of a leader. An individual’s character is based on a set of behavior traits that define the inner-self of a person. One popular leadership model is being a servant, which is very important in my opinion because in our society today many people have a selfish mentality. One of Belhaven quotes that I learn is “to serve and not to be serve”, which is very important to do as a Christian. I…

Unity Can Conquer Racism Since the birth of America, Americans have struggled transforming a government changing as much as the people who reside in it. Racist acts committed like Jim Crow laws and Plessy v. Ferguson are examples of discriminatory acts that demonstrate parts of racism in history. In contemporary times, events like Ferguson and the actions of the police portrays the racism still prevalent today. In 2008, Obama gives “A More Perfect Union” speech during the time when he ran for…

Dr. King used oratorical questions, metaphors and an urgent tone to make his letter engaging and significant. Dr. King writes to the reader so that they could see that the unjust treatment, segregation, and lack of rights was an injustice to the black American and to question why it was happening. There were several criticisms from the white clergy to Dr. King which influenced his response to them; four of them being, outsiders coming into Birmingham, the white moderate, the white church and the…

Race. It is a word that is associated with many thoughts, emotions, and arguments. Building upon how people looked at things back then those arguments could have been both bad and/or good. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham, he justified the tragedy of how inactive the white moderates, or clergymen, were compared to the white segregationists who wanted to see more people come together while doing what was right. Hand in hand the white segregationists were more stimulating when it…

The book, The Education of African Americans, was edited by Charles Willie, Antoine Garibaldi, and Wornie Reed. The book was copyrighted in 1991 by the William Monroe Trotter Institute which is located at the University of Massachusetts in Boston. The ISBN number is 0-16569-018-9 and the type of book is non-fictional since it discusses facts, real events, and real people regarding the historical perspectives of African Americans within the educational system. The author, Charles Willie’s,…

men and women of all color and race. This is still a dream and eventually this dream and peace will come. Background Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Born January 15, 1929 In Atlanta Georgia, Dr. King was originally given the name Michael King Jr. He later took the name Martin Luther after his father did from a German protestant religious leader (King, M. L. Jr. 2015). King was a depressed boy who tried committing suicide at the age of 12 after his grandmother died. While growing up King was never…