Mlk Celebration Of Unity

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial is located at West Potomac Park in Washington D.C., southwest of the National Mall. The monumental memorial is located is at the northwest corner of Tidal Basin near Franklin Delano Roosevelt monument. It honors the year of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 when it became a law.

On 25 March 1965, Martin Luther King led thousands of nonviolent demonstrators to the steps of the capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, where local African Americans, the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC), and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) had been campaigning for voting rights. King told the assembled crowd: “There never was a moment in American history more honorable and more inspiring than the pilgrimage of clergymen and laymen of every race and faith pouring into Selma to face danger at the side of its embattled Negroes” (King, Address at the Conclusion of the Selma to Montgomery March, 121).

What is a Beloved Community? The term first originates from use in the early twentieth century, coined by Philosopher-Theologian Josiah Royce. The Term has, however, just recently received much attention due to great civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King Junior. To the King, A Beloved Community was a “ Critical mass of people committed to and trained in the philosophy and methods of nonviolence”. It is an idea meant to be “a global vision, in which all people can share in the wealth of the earth”. Martin Luther King Junior aimed to end three main “Evils”. These Evils are modernly known as: Poverty, Racism, and Militarism. However as utopian as the idea may sound, the king acknowledged that there would always be inevitable conflict in

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way” (Maxwell). When I hear the word leader, I think about someone that can create a movement and persuade a mass number of people in their direction. One man that is a prime example of a leader, would be none other than Martin Luther King Jr., or MLK for short. King was a civil rights activist that believed that through nonviolent resistance, equality for all mankind would be self-evident based on his strong Christian background. He was the leader of many different movements: Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March on Washington, and also the Civil Right Movement in the United States. Through his strong educational and spiritual background, his passion for equality, and his drive for

One evening in jail, a young man by the name of Martin luther king jr, received a letter outlining the the concerns of eight clergymen in reference to the demonstrations taking place of which he was a clergyman to. Martin was always aware of the criticism and retaliation of other and learn to keep order with it. But for some reason, this letter struck him, and he decided he must write a response to this letter. MLK being one of the most influential people in the world today, wrote a response letter to the right clergymen highlighting the concerns of being an outsider, having untimely and unwise demonstrations, and having extreme ideas.

As we celebrate Martin Luther King Day and Black History Month, Blacks have made huge strides although coming from a past of inequality. I wasn’t particularly interested in seeing Selma because I knew what it represented. I feared to cry and get emotional over the hardships of post-slavery and the battles of the Civil Rights Movement. I knew it was going to be gruesome to watch because of its vivid depiction of how our nation used to be and a touch of reality of how it continues to become.

“I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." African American, 1950’s-1960’s, discrimination, hatred, segregation, whites, blacks, Martin Luther King Jr. As defined; a rebel is someone who goes against the world’s views to make a change that is needed or needs to be seen and thought through. Therefore, I believe that MLK was and still is a rebel but in the terms of a hero.

For this service learning assignment I devoted my time and energy to working with Brooklyn Cemetery, the Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, and Athens Technical College. I participated in MLK Day of Service, which was created with the intent to “celebrate and honor the birthday of the famed civil rights leader, Martin Luther King Jr” ("There's Still," n.d.). This day of service stood to serve many different aspects of the community and benefited a wide range of populations, mostly in the form of environmental cleanup. Much of my time was also spent volunteering with The Food Bank of Northeast Georgia, whose mission is to “work toward ending hunger as part of an overall community effort to alleviate poverty” (Growing Seeds, 2016, p. 2). Through

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On 25 March 1965, Martin Luther King led thousands of peaceful demonstrators to the steps ofthe capitol in Montgomery, Alabama, after a 5-day, 54-mile march from Selma, Alabama, wherelocal African Americans, the Student Peaceful Coordinating Committee and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference had been working hard (publicly) for voting rights. King told thegrouped together crowd: ''There never was a moment in American history more honorable and more motivating/bringing about than the holy trip of (priests, bishops, deacons, etc.) andordinary people of every race and faith pouring into Selma to face danger at the side of its(involved in a fight/beat-up) Negroes'' (King, ''Address at the End of/final opinion of the Selma toMontgomery March,''

Within the narrow jail-cell Dr. King explains the reasoning of nonviolent protesting. By a nonviolent protest, you still show respect for the law without breaking any laws. You also bring forth an issue worth looking at, Dr. King says “to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation” (King, 437). So that’s what Dr. King and many others did in Birmingham created a situation, a nonviolent protest, it then created a strong movement in America that allowed room for negotiation. Not only did it allow room for negotiation, but exposed more on how unjust a law is that degrades the human personality. It is clear to see that Dr. King sees segregation as an injustice, even if groups such as white Christians

Do you know who Martin Luther King Jr was? MLK was an important civil rights activist who made a significant impact on a three hundred eighty-one day bus boycott. This protest was called the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Black citizens refused to ride Montgomery buses because they were segregated and Negroes were treated awfully on them. This boycott all started with a little woman named Rosa Parks. King was the leader of this whole protest.

The day after Martin King Jr. was shot a woman named Jane Elliot, a third grade teacher in Iowa, wanted to conduct a class experiment about racism. PBS did a documentary of this experiment and fourteen years reunited with the students to talk about their experience all on camera called, A Class Divided. Instead of lecturing these young kids about racism, Mrs. Elliot wanted her students to understand how it truly felt to be discriminated. She split the class between blue and brown eyed, students. The first day, students who were blue eye were superior and the brown eye students were worn collars and treated lesser than the blue eyes. The next day the roles were reversed so both sides could understand the importance of the experiment. Jane Elliot used her students as an example as to how empathy can be used to fight racial