Martin Luther King Reflection Paper

Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist, who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15 , 1929 and died on April 4, 1968. He was born Michael Luther King Jr. but decided to change his name to Martin. Both Martin Luther’s grandfather and father were pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Martin Luther carried on the tradition and served as pastor from 1960-1968 (Nobel Prize, 1). He was a big part of the civil rights movement for his race. In fact he was the most important voice in this movement. Dr. King is know for his nonviolent resistance to overcome injustice. Throughout his life he tried his hardest to make people understand that “all men are created equal”(American

Have you ever seen an injustice that you wanted to correct or fix but you were to scared of consequences? Well Martin Luther King was not one of those people who didn’t do something because of the fear for consequences. He went to jail for protesting an injustice that was happening to African Americans everywhere. While he was in jail he decided to write a letter to his fellow clergymen answering their criticisms and explaining his reasons for being in jail. He uses the methods of ethos pathos and logos to explain why his method of non violent and peaceful protests would help further their cause.

Martin Luther King a man who was a civil rights activist that was tired of America’s antics during the Vietnam War, so he decided to speak against their involvement. The U.S’s involvement to ending communism has led to negative impacts on the lives of the Vietnamese people. Martin Luther King Jr. has many reasons to why he wants the United States to resolve its problem with Vietnam through peaceful acts such as ending all bombing and removing all troops from Vietnam.

Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights activist, was born in the Deep South, surrounded by racism. His experiences with racial discrimination fuelled his desire to become active in the civil rights movement; he eventually became a driving force behind the movement through his philosophy of nonviolence, changing the course of history for African Americans. In his “Letter from Birmingham Jail,” King Jr. argues that “lukewarm acceptance is much more frustrating than

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a protester and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement, greatly known for his use of nonviolent forms of demonstration. On a specific occasion, King was arrested for leading a peaceful protest as part of the Birmingham Campaign, which attempted to bring national awareness to the gruesome treatment endured by blacks. While in jail, King replies to the clergyman’s remarks of him being a foreign agitator in his “Letter from a Birmingham jail,” passionately defending the actions he took. The clergymen accused King of being an extremist, as they saw his relentless protesting and civil disobedience as a threat to a stable political and social system. In paragraphs 27-32, King attempts to persuade the

Martin Luther King Jr. once stated “We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now”. King’s basis was racial equality for all Americans. King spoke in many places throughout the United States from 1963 until 1968 when he was assassinated. He fought for African Americans’ rights when no one else would. Ultimately, he enlisted the support of white Americans and eventually won rights for the African American people, but sadly it was not until the 1970’s, two years after King’s assassination, that black people were finally able to enjoy the rights King helped win with the Civil Rights Act of 1964. These rights would not have been possible without King’s “Letter From Birmingham Jail” which he wrote in compliance to the white clergy calling his civil disobedience “untimely and unwise.” The civil disobedience the white clergy is talking about is the one that he and many other activists including children were arrested for protesting without a permit. Although King wields a plethora of appeals and devices, pathos and allusion are the most powerful because these play on the audience's guilt and reference related historical events that denounce the oppressors’ racist ways.

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in 1929 and was the son of one of the most important Baptist ministers in the South. King grew up in a middle class home and was surrounded by love. At the age of 15, he passed the entrance exam to Morehouse university and furthered his education by receiving his Ph.D. in theology. King followed in his dad and grandfather’s footsteps and wanted to become a local pastor and took his first job at Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery, Alabama. Martin Luther King Jr.’s philosophy made the most sense for 1960’s America because of his views on integrating schools, nonviolent civil disobedience and the way he was able to communicate to the people of his time.

Martin Luther King Jr. lived in a world where racial tensions were high and not everyone was treated equally. He fought for a world where there would be no more segregation and no more disparity between the ways blacks are viewed compared to that of whites. In doing so, he preaches about nonviolence in order to keep the movement honorable. Although Machiavelli believed that the ends justify the means no matter how terrible those means were, the evidence will show that King 's ideas that the means used to reach an end should be pure are more reasonable.

Doctor Martin Luther King was civil right activities who was brutally assassinated on the second-floor balcony of the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis Tennessee. The author National Achieves (2016) promulgates some key points identified in the Martin Luther Assignation.  On April 06, 1968 Dr. Martin Luther Kings exited his hotel room and stepped out on the second-floor balcony. Dr. King was struck by a high caliber rifle in the cheek. “Dr. King was wounded and at 7:05 pm he was transported to the St. Joseph hospital in Memphis TN where he was later pronounced dead. The assailant James Earl Ray was perused, captured and plead guilty to the Murder of Dr. King. Although James Earl Ray admitted that he committed the crime of murder in cold blood, some critics believe that he did not act alone while some believe he did

Michael King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia with mom, Alberta Williams, and dad, Michael King Sr. “Young Martin had an older sister, Willie Christine, and a younger brother, Alfred Daniel Williams King.” (Martin Luther King Jr. Biography)Martin’s grandfather was also a minister who took over the Ebenezer baptist church. It was then passed down to Martin’s father after his grandfather died and also became a very successful minister. This might have played into Martin himself becoming a minister in his later life. His father also fought for equal rights for blacks which also played into how he ended up. “In May, 1941, Martin was 12 years old when his grandmother, Jennie, died of a heart attack.” Martin was at a parade against

There have been many powerful figures over the years. One of them being Martin Luther King Jr. who lived between January 15, 1929 to April 4, 1968 (“Martin Luther King Jr.-Biography” para 1). Martin grew up in Atlanta living with Martin’s parents and grandparents (para 1). Martin Luther went to a segregated public school in Georgia; from which Martin later on graduated at the age of 15 (para 1). Martin ended up getting Martin’s B.A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse college and got his doctorate in 1955. Martin Luther also had a B.D from his time in the seminary at Crozer Theological Seminary (para 1). During Martin’s time in the seminary Martin would also be elected president of a mostly white class his senior year (para 1).

Between 1953 and his premature death on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr., challenged the systemic prejudice of white America that perpetuated the poverty of most African Americans. King succeeded in the challenge of trying to circulate positive news coverage for views that challenged those of the news media and mainstream America by appealing to the sympathetic conscience of white America through nonviolent protest and rhetoric. He critiqued the social spaces where cultures meet, struggle, and clash with each other while envisioning integrated social spaces which he could positively affirm. Martin Luther King forced America to confront its painful racial legacy by provoking social change through his nonviolent philosophy and ideals of liberty, justice, and equality, thus highlighting the riddles of poverty and socioeconomic inequality. King was governed by nonviolent principles and a holistic understanding of the unique qualities of the influential importance of participation and rhetoric, and his religious influences.

     With his constant pursuit for civil rights, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. helped bridge the gap between races during the 1960Õs. (It was) His unique approach of using nonviolent protests (to) helped create an awareness of the inequalities the African Americans had to endure during this time period. In 1963, King went to Birmingham, Alabama to engage in a nonviolent protest (there), yet before he could perform the (protest Ð use synonym such as rally or something) he was arrested. While King was in the prison he wrote Letter from a Birmingham Prison. By reading this letter one can easily see that aside from being ahehe civil rights crusader, King was also an incredibly

As the world progresses to live its continuous life many problems of destruction, chaos, and violence are. For the sake of that, many leaders are being brought into this world to create order and peace. Martin Luther King Jr, an African American Civil Rights activist, is known for succeeding in bringing racial equality. A famous quote by Ken Blanchard says, “The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.” Martin Luther King Jr. may have been a compassionate, devoted leader, by heart, but someone had inspired him. His bravery, courageousness, and philosophy was all based on that of Mahatma Karamchand Gandhi. Mahatma Gandhi was an Indian activist, known for fighting in the Independence movement against the British. As Gandhi