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into African affairs continued, with startlingly little benefit to native Africans. It seems that the world lumps African civil rights as a whole under the Biko banner and apartheid, the same way American children are taught about Martin Luther King Jr. and little else of the triumph over Jim Crow, how and why that is could be debated almost endlessly without resolution. Unlike Nehru, who I agreed with because I consider myself a humanist and believe that a better world is possible and should…

Mohandas Gandhi The definition of leadership from Merriam-Webster is the power or ability to lead other people. After looking at this definition and trying to figure out if this definition fit, it didn’t quite fit who he was. Searching for the right definition of a leader, I came across moral leadership. The definition describes a moral leader is someone who aims to serve, tend to better others, a person who can be trusted, and a person who has deep morals and a sense of core ethics. There was a…

On January 26, 2016, I went to an uncommon hour hearing of “What is Dr. King’s Legacy Today” presented by two professors and three Franklin and Marshall College students. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in speaking truth to power, standing up against racial injustices, ending fear within the black community, mitigating the effects of white supremacy on the black people, and creating a safe, caring, and unified environment where every individual had the power of voice. He gave his people the…

An example of a speech I read was during a Youth Leadership Knoxville event last year. I spoke about the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr and was terrified in front of the crowd. As I paused for a great deal of time, I imagined members of the audience looking at me with creepy slanted eyes and aggravated expressions on their face. I said to myself, “You can’t do this” and “Is my speech…

Rosa Lee is an African American woman. She learned many lessons about what is to be African American in society. For instance, Rosa Lee at an early age learned about the rules of attraction and prejudices of being a certain shade of color. A light skinned Africa American was seen as more attractive than someone who is dark skin. For example, at thirteen a friend of Rosa Lee at that time informed her that boys had more of an interest in girls who were lighter skinned. These lessons about race had…

According to Brinkley, Rosa as a young girl with the help of her mother and grandmother found so much comfort and peace while reading the bible where her mother repeatedly pointed to her that every being is equal in the sight of God and that God’s children were supposed to free. The teachings of the bible became a way of life and helped her in dealing with her day-to-day problems. From the bible, young Rosa learned that people should stand up rights just as the children of Israel stood up to the…

Martin Luther King, Jr. uses his powerful voice throughout his works to draw on the hearts of his audience by tapping into their moral compasses. King has an impressive understanding on the influence that the argumentative appeal, ethos, has on his readers. By using ethos, King is able to appeal to the character of every single one of his readers. This allows his works to seem more personal, therefore resulting in a bigger influence on his audience. In “The American Dream” and “Letter From…

weary: a change never comes about without a fight, a fight that most times involves violence, either a direct or an indirect violence. One such man, a pastor, a leader of the southern Christian leadership conference, and an author Martin Luther King Jr , wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” written on April 12, 1963 in the Birmingham jail. He claim against the injustice towards the black community in the United States, especially in the southern part and sets up an elite case for equality for…

As a citizen in a country you must obey the laws of the land and not be a troublemaker in society. For Martin Luther King Jr, Crito and Socrates, they have different views on how to do things as a citizen; King wants to disobey laws in order to end racism in the south, Crito wants to get Socrates out of jail, and Socrates wants to serve his death sentence because that’s what he believes is the right thing to do. In Birmingham, Alabama, in 1963 Martin Luther King was locked up in a jail cell for…

“Letter from Birmingham Jail” Primary Source Analysis Martin Luther King, Jr. seldom had time to answer his critics. But on April 16, 1963, he was confined to the Birmingham jail, imprisoned for participating in civil rights demonstrations. “Alone for days in the dull monotony of a narrow jail cell,” King pondered a letter titled A Call for Unity that fellow clergymen had published pressing him to drop his crusade of nonviolent resistance and to leave the battle for racial equality to the…