Martin Luther

The second setting occurs in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 with a man named Martin Luther King Jr who is also jailed unfairly, which is similar to Socrates’ situation. It is an epic about the fight for justice and the fight to change the views of the Church in the 1960s and an epic about philia, a term that the Greeks described as friendship developed…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., leader of the Civil Rights Movement, was a man who had hope. King knew that once he started the battle for human rights, he would be loathed by many and hardships would follow him wherever he went. He once said, “We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope.” Dr. King’s message motivates me to believe that disappointments do not last forever, and that hope is what will help you to overcome it. This quote is a reminder for me to have hope just as…

Martin Luther King Jr, a civil rights movement leader, said, "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." I, for one, agree with him. In a free society, everyone is allowed to have their own opinions and express them peacefully. It positively impacts a society because: it teaches the younger generation that their voice matters, it brings people together and strengthens bonds, and it allows people to protest or support their opinions in a respectful manner. When…

It is campaign time, and Enrique Perez, the new candidate started his campaign promising thousands of jobs, no more hunger and quality education for every single child, teenager and adult in Mexico. The more people he got, the more promises he did, he said that he will repair most of the roads, he said that he is going to build strong bonds with other countries to promote the country, he said so many things that he seems omnipotent compared with the other candidates. The time flew and he became…

community. When motivated into seeking change, only peaceful resistance can ensure this change by utilizing it in a civil manner. Peaceful protest is done through the acts of love instead of hatred. In his letter, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” Martin Luther King Jr. utilizes the biblical phrase "love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you" in order to acknowledge his demand for change against…

suppose to share the same civil rights regardless of their ethnicities. The assumption is that racial discrimination will be eliminated from the society and African American will not be treated differently from other Americans in the United States. Martin L. King constructs his argument by pointing out the fact that most African Americans do not feel that they live in the land with freedom and justice; he also repetitively states his aspiration to change the current situation in the American…

enough to have the dream or vision. A good leader must also have ingenious ways of executing the dream. Martin Luther King did not only give speeches but also took part in the protests and publicly supported strikes like in the bus boycott case. It is also interesting to note that Martin Luther King was an astute believer in nonviolence. Despite the fact that black people faced aggression, Martin Luther King chose a non-aggressive…

Martin Luther King Jr’s speech after hundred years of declaration of Emancipation Proclamation in front of two hundred thousand people had a huge impact in the history of United States. He was the campaigner of American Civil Rights Movement from mid 1950s until his assassination in 1968. His speech was declared as best speech of all time. It is said that around 40% of the mass, before whom he spoke, were white Americans. On his speech, King expresses that the people shouldn’t be judged based on…

with rapturous passion and vision.” This same theologian left Harlem impacted by the cruelty of American segregation and set out for his German home, determined to trade theological platitudes for concrete action. Dietrich Bonhoeffer and Dr. Martin Luther King shared the belief that God has given humanity certain natural rights, and they believed that each individual must be afford those rights to create what King called the beloved community. However, the two men differ on what rights merit…

looking out for one’s self, how effective those methods would be today. Some believe that it would not be effective because we are a country that tends to follow the status quo instead of what he might feel is right. I am in agreement with Dr. Martin Luther King’s idea that we have a duty to disobey laws that are unjust and to use non-violent methods to get the attention of the oppressors. If the same methods were followed today as Dr. King was advocating in the 1960’s, it could be just as…