Southern Christian Leadership Conference

Angelica Estrada Political Science 001 Mon. & Wed. 3:35-5pm Professor V.P. Chaney December 18, 2016 Resistance to Civil Government (Civil Disobedience) By Henry David Thoreau If we were told that we did not have to follow the government, but that we can protest against their laws to make the government to how we believe it should be run, who would protest? Many people before the 1840’s just followed the government without knowing that they could create a change, until Henry David Thoreau…

in Atlanta, Georgia to a close-knit family long involved in civil rights on January 15th, 1929. He was assassinated on April 4th, 1968. In his fight for civil rights, MLK created the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), an organization that advocated for the rights of African-Americans and all Christians everywhere (Garrow, n.d.). On August 28, 1963, MLK delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. This speech called for equal rights of not…

Background Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the world’s most outstanding leaders. Without his strong actions and words fighting for civil rights America wouldn’t be the country it is today. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia where he was one of three children. Growing up Martin had an older sister named Christine and a younger brother named Alfred and together they grew up loving and supporting one another. Young Martin was a gifted child that attended…

jail for preventing the operation of the bus line business. Finally in November 1956 the US Supreme Court declared segregation on public transportation to be unconstitutional and King is released from jail. On February 14, 1957 the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was formed in New Orleans and King was elected president. In February and March of 1959, King and his wife travelled to India to study Gandhi's use of nonviolence. (Martin Luther King and.) On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther…

Just go with the flow. It is a phrase I’m sure we have all heard as a small bit of advice. But is it really the best option? When we are faced with a challenge or a hardship, do we just roll with it, or do we actively work to change it? Lao Tzu argued the best option would be to go with the flow. He believed that life was like a downward stream that we all went down on rafts. Additionally, he states that attempting to go upstream would only make you miserable in the process (Austin 384). To put…

He was the head of the Southern Christian leadership Conference and brought other churchmen together to protest peacefully and non-violent. King lead a march in Birmingham, Alabama. He brought young children into the march and the government used tear gas and fire hoses on them. This violence…

Luther king, gave his speeches in churches and spoke about the aspects of freedom and equality with a prayer. Therefore, moving many into the path of the Civil Rights movement, where the minister was the leader of a revolution, “At the southern Christian Leadership Conference, Martin Luther King,Jr.,was the unquestioned authority. At the center of the movement was the black church” (Gladwell…

Both Rosa and her husband lost their jobs after their employers discovered that they were a part of it. The two later left to live in Michigan, hoping to find new jobs. In Michigan, both Rosa and her husband became members of many different clubs. All of the clubs they joined had something to do with desegregation and protesting against the whites. In 1943, Parks became a member of the NAACP. At the time, Rosa’s spouse was also a member of the NAACP. Parks participated in these clubs for many…

Both Magneto and Professor X are fighting for the same thing – a world where mutants can live without fear and can be accepted members of ‘society.’ Throughout the film, the X-Men are called “freaks” and ostracized for their differentness. This parallels quite well with the Civil Rights Movement as African Americans face racial segregation and discrimination. Furthermore, the relationship between Magneto and Professor X demonstrates the rift in the rights movement and one of the reasons the…

Two philosophical ideas emerged regarding the promotion of Civil Rights in the early 1960s from two different leaders. Though they were different, they still held the same objective. Both leaders sought to obtain "...a fair shake for the black man in America. Martin Luther favored nonviolent acts, which stated that African-Americans would protest about the goodwill through nonviolence; while Malcolm X favored the use of violence believing that African Americans would use any means necessary,…