Social Discrimination: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Many aspects of social justice can be found in the Bible. Jesus partakes in many actions that would fall under social justice. He fed the hungry, stood up for women’s rights and welcomed the outcasts who were hated. Through history, there are very few people that stood up for equality and against oppression. One such person would be Martin Luther King, Jr. who based a lot of his work on the bible and the religious figures that are described in it.

“Racism still occupies the throne of our nation,” Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. pronounced just before his assassination. Almost fifty years later, we are still faced with the same unchanged threat that makes the words of Dr. King true. As individuals, communities, and a proud nation we have made an everlasting fingerprint for the children of our future, yet we lack the strength of acknowledgment to alter the course of racial discrimination and conquer prejudice. Has the formation of structural discrimination rooted itself too deeply into our subconscious that hope for rehabilitation seems unattainable? As a nation, we voted a man with a white mother from Kansas and a black father from Kenya as the first multiracial President of the United States. Racism has not been eradicated because of the racial background of President Barrack Obama and we have not accomplished victory because of his African decent because prejudice has been too deeply fixed within our society. Social circumstance and the insinuation of race continue to change over time, precisely because race has become a social construct that serves political ends. The prior and present leaders of our nation organize, generate, and endorse the laws and public policy that ensure racism continues to maintain itself against people of color. Our historically racist foundation, the rising effects of structural discrimination, and the view of modernized racism all actively participate in shaping our structural

During the 1950s there were major conflicts that involved blacks and whites. These conflicts consist on how blacks and whites were separated and how black were being discriminated because the color of their skin. African American’s were not allowed to attend schools with whites, use the same bathrooms, eat at the same places and so much more. There were major moments that happened during them times; that made big differences that help the African American culture today.

The person I choose as an advocate against inequality is Martin Luther King Jr. He made history in the United States, and has also left a significant impact upon people. Today I will describe his lifestyle, I will discuss what led him to become an advocate, the changes he invoke, the influence he had on others and much more information regarding Martin Luther King Jr.

In the pursuit of social justice and civil rights, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Stokely Carmichael, sought to amend a flawed system. To accomplish this task, these men entered the armory and chose to wield nonviolence as their weapon. Their goal: to combat violence with nonviolence, to fight hate with love, and to spread equality through peace. In the end they succeeded. Violence breeds violence, hate breeds hate, it is an ineffective approach and an archaic mean to resolving societies issues. Malcolm X and Carmichael were both extreme individuals but that does not make them violent. They attacked social justice and civil rights passionately and assertively, not violently. The methods used

Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th, 1929. He was African -American, and during this time period his race was facing segregation. In the 1930's, this inequality was becoming a part of mainstream American life. Because of being segregated, and seeing others being segregated, Martin eventually would take a stand for people’s rights. When he was 12, his grandmother died. This especially hurt Martin because he had gone to a parade which his parents forbid at the time of his grandmother's death. After this event, Martin jumped from a 2-story building, attempting to kill himself. He survived, and, after a slow recovery, he returned to his home. He almost got over his grandmother’s death, but he never truly did. Beside all

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” (King 566) Many people have been victims of discrimination. These three men know, first-hand, exactly what it is to be in a position of prejudice. Martin Luther led many non-violent events one of his most famous ones was the one in Birmingham, Alabama. King led these campaigns to help his people be treated equally. Henry Louis Gate Jr. was born in 1950 in West Virginia, and lived in a lace that remained largely segregated (Kirszner 2). Gates was a young boy when he witnessed his first act of injustice (Gates 3). Brent Staples is a clever, respectful man, Staples received his Ph.D. degree in psychology from the University of Chicago in 1982 (The history makers). Brent Staples was a kind gentle man who could not hurt a fly; the act of discrimination committed against him was both unnecessary and embarrassing to him (Staples 239). These three men have all had rough lives and should be commended for the way they dealt with the unfairness. The effects and responses to racial discrimination can be

The book helps us to understand life in the South both before and during the Civil Rights Movement and shows the struggles and triumphs and also the enduring problems that came out of the Movement.

There has been discrimination for a long time and there has been improvements, over the years, however we still need more progress. Because of discrimination many people did not have rights. We have had many people help with getting rid of discrimination such as Nelson Mandela. Most of the people who helped discrimination get better went through a lot and suffered. They were treated badly, but they accomplished something.

Martin Luther King Jr. had faith in the belief that acting with non-violence and humbleness would gain more attention than violence. Conceived on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia, King got to be twentieth century America's most convincing and viable social equality pioneer. He entered the social liberties development, which moved in the direction of political and social fairness for individuals of all races, in 1955. At that point, he was at that point a Baptist clergyman, a spouse, and a father.

Dr. King replies on the behalf of why direct action was taken and led to his arrest. After the Negro community had been refused negotiation, they used direct action as a way to force negotiation. Freedom was never given by the oppressor; it’s demanded by the oppressed. The Negro community wanted change and knew that they had to demand it because wait translated to never. They demanded it through direct action, justice wasn’t being delayed, it was being denied. The injustice of segregation had a cascading effect towards the black community. Segregation created a bias towards people of color enough that a police killing a negro wasn’t considered a crime. Black children grew up in discrimination from representation of their race and denial of

I believe that in this world when a person is born they are created equal, they have a clean slate and their entire lives are ahead of them only bound by what they make of it. For some that is true, but sadly for others there is a completely different story. It seems like I am hearing about different discrimination cases every day being it police brutality or unfair pay. The fact of the matter is discrimination is becoming a more pressing matter every day.

Can you imagine a time where you are condemned to the worst treatment imaginable, because of the color of your skin? The 1960’s were a time of great injustice for African Americans living in the United States. During the movement for equality, the black community were deeply influenced by civil rights activist, Martin Luther King Jr. and his speech, “I Have a Dream.” He delivered his speech on August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial to an audience of approximately 250,000 supporters. The speech’s main purpose served to advocate for civil and economic equality for African Americans, and called for an end to racism in America. Looking at his speech rhetorically gives insight on how he was able to motivate the public to fight for their rights.

Regardless of country or age, one common fact that children learn in school seems to be that history always repeats itself. Connections always exist between different cultures and wars often seem to be fought on the same basis. History seems defined by the rises and crashes of different civilizations, all of whom believed to be the best, to be invincible. Ever too often, either due to a faulty leader or merely invasions, the civilization slowly burns up, until a new one is born from its ashes. But, regardless of the patterns, regardless of the similarities, overall humans learn from experience right? From the time of the hunter-gatherers, or even from the from civilization of Mesopotamia, humans have been on an upward curve, growing through every struggle, right?

In 60s African Americans struggled for racial equality. “Earlier in the century, many states enacted "Jim Crow" laws that song was sung by a white minstrel character of the mid-1800's” (www.historybits.com). “Blacks and whites could not ride together in the same rail car, sit in the same waiting room, sit in the same theater, attend the same school or eat in the same restaurant” (www.historybits.com). On August 28, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr. gave his famous "I have a dream" speech. People of all different races including thousands of whites gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Protests, boycotts and marches continued gradually convinced the American populace to seriously consider significant changes to the way African Americans