Don 't Cry By Martin Luther King Jr.

In the essay “Let Justice Roll down”, Martin Luther King Jr wrote about the difficulties and social injustices faced by the negro population in America during the 1960’s. The main theme Dr. King was writing about in his yearly essay was the fight for civil justice and equality for all men and women. The essay chosen was written in 1965 and made very good points to the argument for equality made by Martin Luther King Jr. Three of these points included in the following paragraphs are the importance of Selma, AL to the rights movement, the importance of demonstrations, and a stronger focus on the Civil Rights Act.

Throughout her experience, Melba’s views and attitudes changed quite a bit. When she first volunteered to be one of the first black students who would attend Central High School in Little

In her memoir Warriors don’t cry, Melba Pattillo Beals describes her experiences as she became one of the first nine black students educated in an integrated white school called central high school. The author describes how she survives a harrowing year helping to integrate central high school in Little Rock Arkansas in 1957. The three main ideas that I’m going to talk about are integration, racism, and courage.

In Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King Jr, Martin describes the weather and also implies that the civil rights movement were like the severe weather in 1962-63. He compared the harsh weather with the discrimination that black people were trying to overcome. In addition, black people were facing judgment, unfairness, poverty and lack of education. However, today black people often can get what they want and they come together and fight for their freedom and justice.

Melba Pattillo Beals, the main character in the memoir “Warriors Don’t Cry”, never gave up and persevered when fighting for racial equality. When Melba was walking into school one day she thought to herself, “‘I squared my shoulders and tried to remember what grandma had said: God loves you child; no matter what he sees you as his precious idea’” (Beals 76). Melba along with her eight schoolmates made history when they decided to integrate Central High School. They wanted to show their friends that you always hold your head high, be determined, and never give up. While enduring, Melba taught her family and friends to also persevere. Fortifying her family in faith helped her to make it through the year. While standing her ground after many challenges Melba thought to herself, “‘I knew for certain something would have to change it I were going to stay in that school. Either the students would have to change the

Tariq Ali once said, “It was civil disobedience that won them their civil rights.” In Melba Pattillo Beals’ narrative, “ Warriors Don’t Cry,” Melba defies all odds just by integrating to the all white Central High School in Little Rock. Through her novel, Melba is able to reminisce on the difficulties and struggles and the justice and inequality that occurs throughout Central High using figurative language. Though the author’s use of metaphors, similes and situational irony, the reader is able to pick up on Melba’s determination and obstacles she had to face in order to conquer and overcome integrating into Central High School.

In the book, Melba states that “the segregationists had stolen yet another piece of my life.” Explain what things Melba was robbed of throughout her experience. Though she lost a great deal, she still saw her experience as “a positive force that has shaped the course of my life.” What did Melba gain as a result of her experience? Do you feel that Melba was right to attend Central High? What difficult or painful experiences have you gone through that have helped shape your identity? Use examples from the book to support your answer.

In this chapter, we learn some basic things about the main character, Melba, and we know that she is born on December 7th, 1941. Melba's birth was a complicated one, but she eventually made a full recovery and on top of all of that, Melba also had to go through the harsh reality of segregation when she was five years old.

Melba Pattillo and eight other African American students became soldiers on the battlefield of equality at a young age. When entering Central High School, Melba had to become a warrior in order to survive the school year. She had to be a warrior to fight for what she believed in and not give up. Melba created a warrior inside herself to rise above the pressure and scrutiny from her peers, community, and nation. She was a warrior of civil justice and equality for the future generations of kids who only wanted a fair chance. Melba’s mother told her, “there’s a price to be paid for freedom; we pay it now or we’re in ‘ball and chain’ forever.” (Pattillo. 104)

In the chapter,” Prisoners of Hope” Cornel West argues that black America is a despite state of inequality and corruption that’s jeopardizing the quality of life for the blacks. He focuses on the escalation of wealth inequality and class polarization to emphasize his argument with solid evidence. West gives a brief description of America as a mother whose care is eroding and being replaced by injustice all in the means of financial satisfactory for the elite. He begins by examining the struggles of the middle class through their fear of further underemployment and unemployment. West gives historical context for the need to speak up for equality through inspiring stories of Martin Luther king Jr. and Rosa Parks. On page 296, West says “We’ve forgotten that a rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it” trying to advocate the message that we should be helping each other make the world better, helping our race stand as one and advance as one. However, the oppression of black by white supremacists is slowing the process of advancement, rather its placing Blacks in an absurd situation, one where their anger is manifesting as physical violence. His strong call for action in the name of justice is emphasized in the tone and her use of important people who have made a contribution toward equality for blacks c, such as Malcolm X and Mohamed Ali.

Melba Beals, The first black girl to enter an all white school. In fact that segregation and racism were not the only things stood in her way, the governor sends soldiers to the school for block the entrance of the school so the kids can't get in. Since Beals thought about that:” Some of the white people looked totally horrified, while others raised their fists to us, others shouted ugly words.” Beals was concerned because there was a lot of grownups worried, all the grownups looked concerned the pastor was praying for her as realized:” There were a lot of people of both races standing around , talking to one another in whispers.” By all of those difficulties she went through, events and obstacles cause her to take pride in her country. She

On the first day that Melba Patillo Beals went to school, she thought it was a nightmare. There was a huge mob outside Central High School, along with the Arkansas National Guard soldiers keeping them out. The image of Elizabeth Eckford really shows how it was. White people were surrounding them, cursing at them, of course saying the word “nigger”, and occasionally striking them (1994). It was so bad that Melba had to take the keys to their car from her mother and run away to escape. Imagine the sight of Melbas mother screaming at her “Melba, take the keys. Get to the car.

The period of the 1950s in Harlem, New York, was an embodiment of despair, poverty, and crime. Such conditions pushed people to live in unsupportable atmosphere of distemper and circulation of drugs. Because of these awful obstacles, people developed bitter sense of abandonment and disappointment. However, despite all these challenges, there is always room for hope. This hope is deeply rooted in the blood ties and such an essential thing as love. Sonny’s Blues by J. Baldwin is a perfect example of it. James Baldwin’s focus of unconditional love is shown through the narrator’s real life experiences of the struggles of growing up with Sonny in Harlem New York in the 1950s.

In the narrative Why We Can’t Wait by Martin Luther King, Jr., published in 1964, King describes the struggles African Americans faced to receive equal rights. During the 1960s the Civil Rights movement was in full swing. The year 1963 is referred to as the beginning of the “Negro Revolution”. In the introduction of this narrative King compares the lives of two African American children. By using one child from Harlem, New York and one from Birmingham, Alabama, King explains how they faced similar battles of poverty with limited opportunities. This showed how this problem was a national problem and not one that was just confined to the South. King used descriptive examples to explain the Civil Rights movement throughout this narrative. The two major themes throughout Why We Can’t Wait are racial discrimination and the use of nonviolence.

John Donne’s poem, “Death Be Not Proud” (1633), is only one of the impressive poems in his collection: The Holy Sonnets. In “Death Be Not Proud”, Donne expresses his Anglican beliefs as he addresses death’s fraudulent image and unjustified pride. Donne’s audience is death, but his poem is also intended for its readers, who “some have called [death] / Mighty and dreadful” (1-2). He begins the poem with a calm, conversational tone, but becomes more aggressive and expositive as his poem progresses. Similar to his change in tone, he uses rhyme scheme and precise placement of punctuation to separate his arguments and evidence into sections that progressively intensify. Donne uses alliteration, listing, repetition, and capitalization to direct the readers’ focus to important areas of his poem. His use of personification, metaphor, metonymy, allusions to Anglican views, and paradox prove that death itself is merely a contradiction. Death is not the end of life, but rather a new beginning, and humans should not fear it.