The Civil Rights Protests : Martin Luther King Jr. And Malcolm X

    In “The letter from Birmingham City Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. and “The Ballot or the Bullet” by Malcolm X both authors discuss injustice during the Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. got put in Birmingham city jail and made a letter to Fellow Clergymen. Telling fellow Clergymen that there were fighting for their Civil Rights with nonviolence. And examples of how people were being treated and promises were being broken.  Malcolm X Speech took place in Cory Methodist Church in Cleveland Ohio in 1964 on April 3rd. During Malcolm X’s speech he told his followers that he wanted them to realize what they have done for the country and haven't gotten nothing back. And that he need to use violence he's going to use violence if whites keep on taking degrading them. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. believed nonviolence was the key in order to gain justice and their Civil Rights the deserved because the didn't want whites thinking wrong about them. While Malcolm X believed in violence because he has seen blacks being oppress after all they have have done for the country.

Martin Luther King's letter written from the Birmingham Jail was mainly about standing up for the rights of his people. Not only did he want to fight for freedom in his home Atlanta, but throughout the USA as well. He did not look to violence to spread his message, but peaceful protests. In his writing I find he held himself

After being arrested and imprisoned in Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote one of his most famous works to the people of Birmingham, titled “Letter From Birmingham Jail on April 16, 1963. This piece speaks of the evils of the segregation laws and how the blacks had been treated unfairly in Birmingham, in an attempt to get the white people to support the desegregation of Birmingham. He had been imprisoned because of his participation in a civil disobedience protest, and he is arguing that, even though the white people of Birmingham see the black’s way of protesting as wrong, it is a justified way to fight back against the unjust laws. In “Letter From Birmingham

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from Birmingham Jail is a response to a public statement of caution that was issued by several religious leaders of the South. During the midst of the nonviolent demonstrations against segregation in Birmingham, Dr. King was arrested and felt compelled to respond to their statement as he saw these fellow religious men as sincere and of good nature. In this letter he defends the use of nonviolent resistance to the racism occurring. He states that there is a moral responsibility to break unjust laws when taking direct action, in order to further the cause for justice which does not occur on its own.

I was apart of the NAACP and I made many speeches and I gave blacks hope that one day we will get along with whites. The Little Rock Nine made history, they were a group of nine African Americans that attended an all white school on Arkansa. They had protection from troops that helped keep them save from the angry whites. All of this lead to the March on Washington, this was a big rally that was about having freedom and jobs. There was more than 200,000 people their to support us, there were songs be performed such as civil rights songs that were for encouragement that we slao sang during the marches .This was very important to us so we could get our equality rights and make a difference. At the rally they were many speakers that gave important

The 1950’s and 1960’s was a time for a much need changes in the United States. Many people were ready for equal treatment without judgement of race or gender. During the 50’s this was considered a rejuvenation of the civil rights movement. The United States had problems with hate crimes, racial profiling and voting rights for African Americans. Many African Americans endured harsh treatment and were discriminated again in many situations. With these problems the Civil rights movement was created to end racial discrimination and to create racial equality. Although this movement started in the early 19th century and it peaked between the 50’s and 60’s. This movement was to assure that African Americans had federal protection of their citizenship

This decade initiated the evolution of desegregation laws and women’s rights laws. There was a shift of the values and morals in America. The sixties began with the population being separated by the color of people’s skin. Skin color not only determined what public places you could go but also dictated what rights you had as a human being. There were specific places that “whites” could go that “colored people” could not and the “colored people” were restricted to the run down areas.

When people think of leaders of the Civil Rights movement, they think of big names like Martin Luther King, Jr., Malcom X, and Rosa Parks. However, there were many people behind the scenes that had as big of an impact as these forerunners had. These are the transparent heroes; the underdogs. The ones that did so much for the cause yet were never truly recognized as being such a big influence. One of these unsung heroes of the Civil Rights movement is Coretta Scott King. After her husband, the great Martin Luther King, Jr., died she strived to continue the momentum of the movement, while also fighting for her own causes. Coretta Scott King played a tremendous role in the Civil Rights Movement, not only in her aiding her husband, but as a public leader as well.

Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was a prominent voice on behalf of African-Americans in the fight for racial equality during the mid- 20th century. In one particular situation, Dr. King was jailed in Montgomery, Alabama, for protesting the unfair treatment of Blacks in the area. While in jail, King penned a letter to fellow civil rights leaders that were critical of his rebellious tactics. In the letter, Dr. King states that “the purpose of direct action is to create a situation so crisis-packed that it will inevitably open the door to negotiation.” Dr. King believed that the only remaining option in advocating for racial equality was to peacefully violate the law in order to bring about negotiations with lawmakers. Without Dr. King’s peaceful disregard for the law, African Americans would have had to continuously endure unfair treatment and persecution while drawing little relevant attention to their issues. This serves as significant evidence to suggest that Civil Disobedience is sometimes necessary in a society, as the non-violent actions of racial equality supporters led to civil rights negotiations in

Not long after WWII, in 1947 the Cold War began due to political and economic tension between the Eastern and Western bloc. During this time many people feared Communism and began questioning where the postwar society was heading. Luckily, the postwar economic boom occurred and the nation began to prosper again. American family income, marriage, and pregnancies increased drastically. However, ethnic and racial problems still occurred in the workforce and society. Martin Luther King Jr., along with many other leaders, took a stand against the substantial amount of cruelty and restrictions placed upon the African American race. As the U.S. approached the 1960’s the Vietnam War surfaced, on top of the recent post-WWII domestic problems, the U.S.

African-American civil rights leaders thought about it and realized that they needed a national group organization to support their cause. They decided to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and Mr. King was elected president. King traveled around the country giving lectures on nonviolent protests and civil rights. “In 1960 King and his family moved to Atlanta, his native city, where he joined his father as co-pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church.” (Martin Luther King Jr.) Though he moved back to Atlanta, he continued to take action in the SCLC. “In February 1958, the SCLC sponsored more than 20 mass meetings in key southern cities to register black voters in the South.” (Martin Luther King Jr. Biography)

Martin Luther King Jr. was a social activist and Baptist minister. He played a key role in in the civil rights movement. Martin Luther king Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, Atlanta GA. He married Coretta Scott King in 1953 and had four children. His two boys, Martin Luther King Jr. III and Dexter Scott King. His two girls, Yolanda King and Bernice King. Martin’s famous speech was, “I Have a Dream”. Sadly Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated fighting for civil rights on April 4, 1968, Memphis TN. Martins grandfather became a pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta from 1914 to 1931. Martin's father served as a pastor until his death in 1960. Martin luther King Jr. acted as a co-pastor. Martin attended segregated public schools in

The Civil Rights Movement, the majority of people picture black people and white people fighting, but actually it was about how America fixed racism. Now America is equal as a result of the Civil Rights Movement that happened 1954 blacks and whites are equal and have equal rights. The Civil Rights Movement had a large impact on how America is today.

“I Have a Dream,” this was a famous speech written and spoken by one of the main leaders of the Civil Rights Movement, his name was Martin Luther King Jr. The Civil Rights movement was a protest held from the mid 1950’s and the late 1960’s. Although the Emancipation Proclamation was approved over 100 years before, blacks were still being treated unequally. Thousands of people rose up and protested because of this, but some of them stood out from the rest. These main protestors were Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King Jr., and John F. Kennedy.

The 1960s, a time where almost everything was changing. Music was changing, politics were changing, and people were changing. The one problem that refused to go away with the various changes was Racism. Stubborn in nature, the people refused to give up the idea of white being the superior colour. Although the 1960s were the era of the Baby Boom, the racist segregation did not subside. This segregation thrived even though leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X fought hard and rigid against it. Despite the discrimination and bias, the one good thing that was achieved through the segregation was that it lead to the African-American Civil Rights Movement.