Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: An Analysis

The American duty requires to use voices, symbols, strength, and intelligence to unite and prosper against an unjust authority. Recently, different organizations continue to express their wants and changes to the government through peaceful protests. Civil disobedience strives to develop in America, however improvement continues to happen. The advantageous duty conveys civil disobedience. With Henry David Thoreau’s pivoting piece about individualism and protesting, Martin Luther King Jr.’s letter towards equal rights and rebellion, the developing civil disobedience continues to fulfill the American society.

The history of American, non violent, civil disobedience depicts how peaceful resistance can shape public opinion, voice dissent, and change unjust laws. In both Contemporary and past history do we see the role that protest has on our Democracy,and how dissenters, such as Susan B Anthony and Martin Luther King Jr, can become American heroes. The United States was founded on an act of civil disobedience, and even in Modern America, principled dissent has become the highest form of

In Ferguson the person that if they could come down from heaven today and could help the people of Ferguson it would be Martin Luther King Jr because he wanted to bring peace to the world not war. But Malcom X approach is the one that the people in Ferguson are using right now which is warfare.

In 1944, when King was 15 years old, he decided to enroll in Morehouse College, a historically black, all-male, private college in Atlanta, Georgia (Wikipedia, 2015). King spent four years at Morehouse, where he was “spiritually influenced” by Morehouse President Benjamin E. Mays. Mays convinced King to follow in his family’s footsteps and led him on a path of spirituality, encouraging him to view Christianity as a tool for “progressive social change” in the United States. King’s religion professor, George Kelsey, taught King that criticism of biblical stories is not a terrible thing, but behind all of the myths and stories, there are profound truths (African American Registry, 2006). In King’s final year attending Morehouse College, he decided

If a protest adheres to peaceful disobedience and accepts its consequences then there can be no averse affects to a free society. While the benefits of all civil disobedience movements are not as pivotal as the Civil Rights Act or memorable as Thoreau’s writings, they all are a sign of change. The Keystone Pipeline does not finish

With America’s history of people fighting for their rights, we have become accustomed to the idea that activism needs to be extreme; to cause riots, have aggression, and for people to be put in jail to make a point. We have created an image that there needs to be a fierce willingness to fight, in order for activism to be effective. As Malcolm Gladwell describes in “Why the Revolution Should not be Tweeted”, he reminds us of what ‘real’ activism is and how other generations have risked their lives to make a difference, in both their lives and the future of America. He does not think that activists can be considered true activists if they are non-violent when protesting for their rights. However, Gladwell should consider that protesting

After reading “Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Thoreau, I believe that this historic piece of literature can still have a substantial impact upon the current beliefs of the American people. The reason that this essay has such significance to America is because this essay addresses the proper way to go about civil disobedience in addition to providing education about the nature of civil disobedience. I believe the most significant message that this essay could teach Americans is expressed in this quote, “A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority.” This quote expresses the need to not just believe in a cause but to actively support it. This is in contrast to a wide spread phenomenon called false activism that is prominent in society. We all know someone who is, and for the most part all of us are guilty of seeing a cause online, claiming to support it, and then not doing a single thing to progress the cause. For example, most everyone you talk to would claim to strongly support more environmentally friendly methods of gathering energy yet the majority of us have not done anything to progress the cause of green energy.

Protest has solved some of the most abstract problems society has dealt with for over two-hundred years. Yet, it has also caused a multitude of controversies throughout the government. If the right to protest were to be taken away, the government known as democratic would become autocratic overnight. Most government officials belittle protest and the affect it has on the democratic process(including in their campaigns). Therefore, protest is vital to the democratic process and to those who incorporate it in their daily lives.

People do not acknowledge the struggles that African Americans had to endure for them to be treated equally, the way a true American is supposed to be treated. One of the ways they were not treated equally was by not being able to participate in sports with whites. From the beginning of our nation, colored people were highly disrespected and treated as if they were some type of animals, which have no say in what happens to them. They were not given any opportunities and were treated harshly because their skin color was different. Whites were able to practically do anything they wanted, unlike blacks, who were racially discriminated or beaten for no apparent reason. African Americans were among the worst treated races in the US; however,

A Biography of Martin Luther King Jr. "I have a dream…" are the famous words stated by Martin Luther King

Until the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., his life’s work was dedicated to the nonviolent actions of blacks to gain the freedoms they were promised in the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 by Abraham Lincoln. He believed that “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (King, 1963). These injustices had become so burdensome to blacks that they were “plunged into an abyss of despair” (King, 1963). The nonviolent actions of the sit-ins, boycotts, and marches were so the “individual could rise from the bondage of myths and half-truths…to help men rise from the dark depths of prejudice and racism” and ultimately lead to “inevitably opening the door to negotiation” (King, 1963). Not only was King’s approach effective

In July 2013, George Zimmerman, a self-proclaimed Florida neighborhood watchman and self-proclaimed vigilante, was acquitted in the death of Trayvon Martin, a 17 year old black teenager. This was the initial impetus for the Black Lives Matter movement, which first appeared as a hashtag after Zimmerman’s acquittal. The movement, which has its roots in social media, has since grown to hold a much larger place in our national conscience. The movement’s place was solidified with its vocal responses subsequent deaths of black men and women in the US, including Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, Sandra Bland in Hempstead, Texas, and Eric Garner on Staten Island. The movement’s presence has become ever present in American life, remaining an ostensibly perpetual presence on Twitter, Facebook, as well as within cable news and manifesting in frequent actual demonstrations. Black Lives Matter is not necessarily a coordinated movement, but rather a seemingly organically occurring response to normalized violence and racism directed towards black Americans. The movement has reflected this decentralized nature by incorporating a variety of protest tactics. These have sometimes deviated from non-violence, a tendency the Reverend John Richard Bryant ascribes to a deep frustration with continued violence maintained against blacks. Indeed, the goals of the movement can be as varied as its tactics. They range from addressing police brutality towards blacks, addressing the underlying

Peaceful protest is integral to American democracy. In the 1960s, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. marched for civil rights. From the eighties into the early twenty first century, gay rights activists marched for equality. Now there are once again marches for civil rights and even for refugees, people an ocean away. However, one must look further than the superficial aims of a protest to its motives to truly discover the root of the issue, that is, the protest’s impact.

As most people know the second week of February is black history month. Where we talk about the importance of people who had made a difference for our future and past events of African Americans. My selection was Martin Luther King Jr. My reason on my selection was he was the most important voice of the American civil rights movement. He fought for our equal rights. I don't believe things would have been they way they are now if it wasn't for him. He was a leader of nonviolent protests.