Rhetorical Speech: Martin Luther King Of Equality

His childhood trip North with his uncle, being introduced to and inspired by Dr. King after hearing his sermon on the radio, returning to Nashville after being unable to attend Troy State, and finally his first arrest, all influenced his direction and philosophy towards the methods he would implement in his pursuit of equality. Further, they paved the way for opportunities that would lead him to becoming a prominent leader of the civil rights movement. And whether you believe in coincidence, fate or the “spirit of history”; it’s hard to deny that these moments were critical in shaping the man he is

Carter G Woodson, the oldest of nine in a poor coal mining family found his love of learning early. Earning a Masters’ degree only one year after earning a bachelor’s degree, he quickly followed in the footsteps of great minds and earned his PhD from Harvard University. He had a very well rounded and multifaceted educational journey according to the text, but felt most connected to furthering the pursuit of excellence for all African Americans through the creation of journals, organizations, and eventually continuing on in higher education with the African American in mind. He is credited with Black History week. In light of the time in history wherein he flourished, it is fitting that he was part of the movement that resulted in the creation of the NAACP (iv-v). In short, he objectively appears to single handedly be the father of the African American social awareness movement.

This early sociologist helped to found the NAACP and was himself a prominent Black sociologist.

William Edward Burghardt Du Bois was one of the most influential figures in civil rights history, but even outside of civil rights he was a loving and caring man, He started the activist Niagara Movement in 1905 and then cofounded the NAACP in 1909. A powerful intellect, Du Bois would become the first person who was African American to earn a PhD from Harvard and was a professor of history, sociology, and economics at Atlanta University. Du Bois made significant contributions to the world and opened minds throughout the world, later changing the world forever.

Dr. Dubois was awarded the first Spingarn Medal in 1920. This was awarded "to that Negro who achieved the highest in any human endeavor." He was an activist for global affairs, editor of the NAACP Crisis publication, and set up the meeting for the first Pan-African Congress. He was an individual of principle and conviction. The seeds he planted still nourish us today. (http://www.websn.com/Pride/Pride/w.htm)

Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta Georgia on the date of January 15, 1929. King was a Baptist minister and highly influential figure in the civil-rights movement. Throughout King’s life, he made many efforts to impact the way African- Americans were viewed in the United States. King is remarkably known for two of his writings that changed the future for African-Americans. One of these is his Letter from a Birmingham Jail and the other being his public speech targeted towards voting rights titled “I Have a Dream”. At the age of 35, King made history by becoming the youngest man to receive the Nobel Peace Prize Award. With his winnings, he donated all of the proceeds to the civil rights movement. Four short years later, King was murdered while in Memphis, Tennessee on a job to lead another march for sympathy of garbage

e broke the color barrier, he received the nobel peace prize, he stopped racial abuse! Who is he? It’s Martin Luther King, Jr.! Martin was born on January 15th, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was raised with his older sister and younger brother, Christine King and Daniel King. At age five, King began to go to Yonge Street Elementary but, since Yonge Street Elementary only allowed six year old, Martin continued his education at David T. Howard Elementary. Then, according to history.com, after David T. Elementary, King started to go to high school at Booker T. Washington High where he was the football team’s quarterback. Then, after one exam at Booker, he went straight to college because he scored so high in his junior year. He enrolled in Morehouse

He then started a movement called the Niagara movement which begins his journey of change. This movement started when a hotel wouldn’t let blacks in which they tried get changed for blacks. They met annually, but on 1908, a race riot broke out and Dubois and others decided a bigger group would be better which brought the NAACP. He also wrote books that told about African-Americans and W.E.B. attended and lead some civil rights marches. Nevertheless, all this encouraged others to fight for their rights.

He began a movement that made blacks realize that their voices mattered. If they let their voices be heard police brutality and discrimination would go down because politicians would be afraid of losing their vote. This was a pivotal moment in history because before if someone demonstrated against injustices they would be placed in solitary confinement for ninety days. But as time went by and blacks began to vote, “town officials, sheriffs, mayors, and city managers were forced to rethink their operations with the arrival of a new power base” (183). Many did not vote because they viewed their vote as unimportant soon to realize that the voice of the people becomes a power weapon when united.

also helped with a public drive for a civil rights movement while he was president. When he was

impacted the Civil Rights movement through his actions during the March on Washington. By the 1960s people grew tired of the inequality, and that’s when Philip A. Randolph as the head started planning for a march in 1963. People started to sponsored the march like Roy Wilkins of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Whitney Young of the National Urban League (NUL), Martin Luther King, Jr. of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), James Farmer of Congress On Racial Equality, and John Lewis of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). More people followed suit like Walter Reuther of the United Auto Workers (UAW), Joachim Prinz of the American Jewish Congress (AJC), Eugene Carson Blake of the Commission on Religion and Race of the National Council of Churches, Matthew Ahmann of the National Catholic Conference for Interracial Justice, and Dorothy Height of the National Council of Negro Women. With a lot of people willing to come together, and fight for the same thing shows that even when you think that you are the only one that thinks something isn’t right, there could be others, so don’t give up, or give in.

organized about eight civil rights protests. He led a 382 day bus boycott starting on December 1, 1955. The bus boycott was kicked off when Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man. He also led the March on Washington on August 28, 1963. There were approximately a quarter million people that attended!

The United States was touched with discrimination, and it still is. In 1892, the Supreme Court passed a law that forced blacks and whites to sit in separate train cars, use different bathrooms, and go to different schools B1. This began segregation. In 1921 Congress also drastically restricted immigration A24 so that there would be less racial diversity. Then, in 1929, Martin Luther King Jr. was born B6. He decided that he wanted to make a difference in the fight against segregation. He led peaceful marches (meaning he didn’t use violence to show what he wanted) and eventually played an important role against segregation. Due to his and other people’s efforts, segregation was finally made illegal in schools in 1954 B2. Then, ten years later, in 1964, Congress passed the Civil Rights Act, ending segregation. Unfortunately, Martin Luther King Jr. was shot to death four years later, in 1968.

He saw how his father become invisible to the injustice of black around him and he decided to get involved. He had a generativity concern on improving black people rights in the world around him (Newman & Newman, 2015). As a young boy, he would watch TV, read articles, and read books regarding what people are doing to change the way blacks are treated. His father would be disappointed and hope he would just stay away for the violence, abuse, and other activist groups. After high school, he went on to Fisk University to be involve in the Freeman Riders and later the Black Panthers. Along the journey, he was kicked, spit on, arrested, and even witness brutal killings and prayed that he would not be killed for his rights.

“Where did he go?” the Police Officer snarled. I could hear the footsteps of the police men, it sounded like a buffalo stampede.