Analysis Of Presidential Boom Starts, By Martin Luther King Jr.

King had a vision that one day all races would be treated equally. Being the educated man that he was, receiving his Doctorate from Boston University, Dr. King never saw failure as an option. King was a third generation Baptist Minister and was the Leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). Dr. King was from the South and was very familiar with the city of Birmingham which was known as the most violently segregated city in the United States. An affiliate of Dr. King’s invited him to Birmingham to engage in a nonviolent protest to which he agreed. During the nonviolent protest Dr. King was arrested for protesting without a permit. While in a Birmingham County jail cell Martin Luther King explains issues within the past day’s society that needed to be addressed including the church, the white moderates, and how he had been labeled an extremist.

Martin Luther King Jr. was in jail because he took direct action to show all the unjust laws’ that were taking place. He showed civil disobedience by exercising rights that everyone had but, because him and his people were “black” they were treated differently under the same laws. For example, when he said “I have been arrested on a charge for parading without a permit… such ordinance becomes unjust when it is used to maintain segregation and to deny citizens the First-Amendment privilege of peaceful assembly and protest” (King, 4). By stating

Martin Luther King, Jr. paved the way for the civil rights movement as he was unrelenting in his strive to eliminate segregation and the social system that upheld it. He fought for justice, freedom, and the equality of opportunity. He is famous for his use of civil disobedience to fight without fighting back, to accept the consequences of his defiances, and to use the initiatives of fellow citizens to act in opposition against the laws discriminating against people of color. King was an activist, but first, he was a pastor. He received a letter through the newspaper from other clergymen trying to discourage his efforts. Responding from a jail cell, King wrote a fifty paragraph letter on scraps of paper, justifying his cause and refuting their claims. In paragraphs fifteen to twenty-two, he specifically explains the effectiveness and necessity of his efforts. Martin Luther King, Jr. successfully justifies civil disobedience by utilizing logos developed through skillful syntax, and ethos built by thoughtful selection of detail.

To many million of American americans , Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was the prophet of their crusade for racial equality. He was their voice of anguish,their battle cry for human dignity. He forged for them the weapons of nonviolence that withstood and blunted the ferocity of segregation.And to many millions of American whites, he was one of a group of african americans who preserved the bridge of communication between races when racial warfare threatened the United States in the nineteen-sixties.In his dedication to non-violence, Dr. King was caught between white and african american extremists as racial tensions engulfed into arson, gunfire and looting in many of the cities during the summer of 1967.Militant african americans argued that only by violence and segregation could the group attain self-respect, dignity and real equality in the United States. when he led a protest march through downtown Memphis, Tennesse. a group of african american youths suddenly began breaking store windows and looting, and one african american was shot to death.Two days later, however, Dr. King said he would stage another demonstration that attributed the violence to his own "miscalculation.”At the time he was assassinated in Memphis, Dr. King was involved in one of his greatest plans to dramatize the plight of the poor and stir Congress to help african americans. Other times mlk was

1. Paragraph 7) What Dr. King said here was very important to the steps involved to gain people of color their rights. These people were being ignored constantly. These store owners had one thing they could have done to make a huge impact and instead, they blew off the negotiation terms. After this promise was broken as stated in the quote, the direct action of Dr. King’s movement really began. They were sick and tired of being victims of broken promises therefore, they started to peacefully protest due to injustice. These protests and movements sparked media and press on the issues in the southern United States.

By the 1950’s and 1960’s, a breaking point was reached and blacks were tired of being mistreated. Many Civil Rights groups began to form, like the SNCC, and leaders, like Martin Luther King Jr., began to rise. As document 5 shows, these groups goals were to use peaceful protest and civil disobedience to demonstrate the societal unrest that is occurring and the need for political action. Upset at the racial injustice instigated by “Jim Crow Laws” and racism, these groups, through demonstrations such as the Greensboro Sit-ins, the Montgomery Bus Boycotts and the March on Washington, brought to public attention to the African Americans’ dreams of to finally getting the rights they were promised with emancipation. This could be further demonstrated by the “I Have a Dream” Speech. In this speech, given in March of 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. discusses a future for America that lives by the standard that all men are created equal. This outside resource, along with various other movements, lead to further public outcry. As document 6 shows this grew to a point to where political action needed to be done. To Kennedy and his successor (Lyndon B. Johnson), this was a huge moral issue that couldn’t be ignored or else the nation would tear itself apart. This ultimately lead to the passing of the acts like the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voting Rights Act. These acts were a major victory and largely paved the way to future equality for African

When he was arrested and jailed in Birmingham, Alabama he then fell under criticism by white clergy for coming to Birmingham as an “outsider” to cause trouble and increase tension through public sit-ins and marches. I feel that Martin Luther King was able to both set aside that criticism by establishing his credibility to have not only been invited to come to Birmingham to help end the injustice to the Negro people via peaceful means, but he was able to identify moral, legal and ethical cause to promote his quest to put a stop to what he identified as “the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States” (King, 2017, p, 3). I will provide a summary that will show what Martin Luther King believed were the cause of the injustice that he was striving to end to as well as his concern over the white community’s ability to make the Negro “wait for more than three hundred and forty years for our constitutional and God-given rights.”

Martin Luther King Jr, an civil rights activist, fought for the rights of African Americans in 1963. King organized various non-violent demonstrations in Birmingham, Alabama that resulted in his arrest. While in jail, King received a letter from eight Alabama clergyman explaining their distress and opposition to King and his followers actions. This letter occasioned his reply and caused King to write a persuasive letter justifying his actions and presence in Birmingham. Although King’s reply was addressed to the Alabama clergyman, its target audience was the “white moderate”. King understood that if he gained support from the average, indifferent white American that the civil rights movement would reach it’s goals much faster. In his

Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Believed in achieving equality through peaceful demonstrations: “Let us not seek to satisfy our thirst for freedom by drinking from the cup of bitterness and hatred” (King, pg.3 ¶.1). He felt that equality had to be gained through honorable, civil ways otherwise those fighting for equality were no better than the slave owners. We can see this best when he says, “We must forever conduct our struggle on the high plane of dignity and discipline. We must not allow our creative protests to degenerate into physical violence” (King, pg.3 ¶.2). MLK felt that it was in the best interests of all parties for black to integrate into society. A couple of his quotes that show this best are, “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave-owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood” (King, pg.4 ¶.6). and “I have a dream that one day in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification, one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers” (King, pg.5 ¶.2).

In “Letter from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. writes specifically to southern clergy men but also expands to anyone who opposes the civil rights movement. He informs his audience about the purpose of the civil rights movement and its importance to black and white people in terms of living as equals in a more peaceful society. King urges the public to understand the purpose of peaceful protests and the civil rights movement. He also wants people to understand the hardships in which his people face. If these arguments were taken upon, theoretically those who King is referring to would have to forget their previous prejudices which have been engrained in their minds. They must also evaluate the biases they did not realize they had in their daily lives. In a practical sense they must have enough conviction to challenge the social norms of prejudice and racism. They must be able to look at a certain credence and challenge others by proving it wrong like the stereotypes which white people create of black people.

Martin Luther King sees the segregation is a law that treats the black people unfairly. Because of this law, they could not have their own freedom and acted inferior in front of the white people. He wants to be the leader of the black people and does not afraid to be punished by the government for the sake of abolishing this segregation law. In order to get back the black people’s rights back and to make an equal society, he tries to appeal all the black people to join in this fight of racial justice through his writing. At the same time, he wants to tell the world that this injustice of racial should be ended. Like the other parts of the world, the American society needs to move forward. If there is no more segregation in the society and all

Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was a prominent voice on behalf of African-Americans in the fight for racial equality during the mid- 20th century. In one particular situation, Dr. King was jailed in Montgomery, Alabama, for protesting the unfair treatment of Blacks in the area. While in jail, King penned a letter to fellow civil rights leaders that were critical of his rebellious tactics. In the letter, Dr. King states that “the purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.” Dr. King believed that the only remaining option in advocating for racial equality was to peacefully violate the law in order to bring about negotiations with lawmakers. Without Dr. King’s peaceful disregard for the law, African Americans would have had to continuously endure unfair treatment and persecution while drawing little relevant attention to their issues. This serves as significant evidence to suggest that Civil Disobedience is sometimes necessary in a society, as the non-violent actions of racial equality supporters led to civil rights negotiations in

was fighting for the innocent lives of all of the people -- not just the black; but also the white people that treated them so unfairly. These people (the Negro people) were called only ⅗ of a person, and were segregated, and treated unfairly. These people were the black people that were taken from their home by “aliens.” MLK was fighting for the rights of his people with his followers. He also wanted everyone to be free together. In his speech for everyone’s freedom he stated, “now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s people.” After he stated this he continued on to say, “we cannot walk alone,” which led into, “and as we walk, we must pledge that we shall always march ahead.” Martin Luther King Jr. was trying to state that all people will eventually come together, whether it be over him, or over another person proclaiming God’s name. In the speech he hopes that we will all come together over this, and walk together as one race (humanity). He does not want us to fight violently as he states in the speech, but he wants the Negro people to peacefully take their justice. He wants the white people to also help them to do

The 1960’s were a hard time in American history. Segregation was an extreme problem where white people were treated completely different from colored people. Everything was segregated from schools, to restrooms, to drinking fountains. The uprise of colored people who just wanted equality was populating, but they had no inspiration for change. Martin Luther King Jr. knew this, and he took it upon himself to start a movement. He began Marches, Gatherings, Sit-ins, and Speeches. These events got people together and King began to start to make a real change. When King was conducting his world famous “I Have a Dream” speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial, he stated “It will be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of

America in the 1960s was not the finest time for African Americans, especially in the South. There was racism, injustice and inequality. However, the ‘devotees’ of the civil rights movement were dedicated and passionate about making a difference. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of those pioneers that remained true in what he believed in no matter what the circumstance.