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Dr. Martin Luther King was a human rights activist, focused on the equal treatment and rights of blacks in American society. Dr. King wrote an open letter titled, “Letter from Birmingham Jail” while in jail on April of 1963, when segregation was at its greatest in Birmingham, Alabama. The letter was a reply directed to several white, moderate, clergymen who had written an open letter criticizing his actions during the civil rights movement. The increased violence and social injustice caused an…

Logan Remetch Professor Craig Case ENGLISH 124.04 3 February 2017 Injustice in Birmingham In an era of unprecedented racial injustice, one man stepped up to the plate. Martin Luther King Jr. led several peaceful protests, gave several speeches defending minority rights, and served as a true example of Christ. Much like the apostle Paul and his colleague Silas, Martin Luther King Jr. was imprisoned for standing up for his beliefs. Just as Paul wrote, so did King. While he was imprisoned in…

situation of people bashing his ways of making a change show just how understanding he is and the way he does not mind addressing criticism shows his matureness as a man and a preacher. He explains that as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference they do not just preach, but they also affiliate with other organization all over…

had become a target for white supremacists, who firebombed his family home in that January. Inspired by the boycott’s success, in 1957 he and other civil rights activists, most of them fellow ministers, founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (also known as SCLC), a group committed to achieving full equality for African Americans through nonviolence. The SCLC’s motto was “Not one hair of one head of one person should be harmed.” Martin would remain at the helm of this influential…

Annie Johnson April 4,1928, and she was born in St. Louis, Missouri. Maya was called Rita in public, she was given the nickname Maya by her older brother who was calling her “my” or “mine”. Her father Bailey Johnson was a doorman and naval dietician, and her mother Vivian Baxter Johnson worked variously worked as a card dealer and nurse. Shortly after their daughter’s birth they had moved their 2 children to Long Beach, California. Three years later they had been divorced and the 2 children had…

In an effort to advance their educational and consciousness-raising work, the NLHO decided that a national conference would be necessary in order to provide a safe and open space for Latina activists and healthcare professionals to discuss a variety of issues pertaining to Latina health and reproduction (Silliman et al. 2004). By airing ads in both English and…

“Over time, grit is what separates fruitful lives from aimlessness.” This is what John Ortberg had to say about grit and the effect it has on people and the world. When giving the TED Talk, “The Key to Success? Grit”, Angela Lee Duckworth shared something similar, “...One characteristic emerged as a significant predictor of success. It wasn't social intelligence, it wasn't good looks, physical health, and it wasn't IQ: It was grit.” Duckworth’s insightful words showed me that grit is more…

Equality for all, regardless of race, gender, sexuality, and culture, has been the goal of many people and organizations throughout history in order to better one’s self, country, and world. On the other end of the spectrum, there are people and organizations dedicated to imposing fear and dominance over one another’s culture. A perfect example of the latter is on the twelfth of April, in the year 1963, in the midst of racial conflict and the taking back of African American rights, a public…

Congressman Lewis’ versus Rev. Jones’ views towards desegregation Colored. White. Hatred. Differences. Prejudice. All of these words are apart of a time period in history that is full of segregation: Jim Crow laws. Coloreds were denied liberties granted to all Americans in the Bill of Rights. Such hatred among the white population erupted through violence towards the coloreds. Many beatings were inflicted upon coloreds for no reason at all. However, coloreds fought back not with violence, but…

In Martin Luther King’s JR letter from the Birmingham jail he responded to the statement of concern issued by eight white religious leaders from the south who called his movement “unwise and untimely”. His said that his demonstration was for equality and it was nonviolent and legal but he was still put in jail. His letter was very deep and long I wasn’t missing anything I understood everything he was trying to say. Even though the letter was written in august 1963, a lot of the struggles for…