Analysis Of Martin Luther King's Experience To The National Mall

When in Washington D.C this summer I had the chance to visit the National Mall. What is the National Mall you may ask? According to Wikipedia.org “The Nation Mall is an area of National Mall and Memorial Parks, an official unit of national park system in downtown Washington D.C.” There I observed that out of the more than 100 Statues, Memorials, Museums, Monuments and Government Facility’s there was one that is moderately new. The statues eye-catching size of 30ft tall is accredited to an African American who spent his life to insure equal rights in the United States. You may have already guessed the/You Memorial of Martin Luther King Jr., which attracts thousands each year. As mentioned earlier the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is one
King’s story is that we are concluding Black History month. Also as previously discussed I had a chance to visit Washington D.C. and thought it would make since to talk about one of the most influential speakers and activist that conveyed his opinions that all people despite their race or cultural background should have the rights of all other cultural groups. This courageous leader was born in 1929 Atlanta, Georgia where he witnessed the cruel acts of segregation. For example when visiting a store with his father the manager told them to wait in the back room although there was no one in the store. Since this was clearly discrimination, they left the store without purchasing anything they made it clear they were not going to support the system. The system his father said “I will never accept it.” Stories such as that make me grateful for those who as Martin Luther King Jr. once said “Tried to give his life serving others”. Stories like this also shaped Dr. King by helping himself see why all people aren’t treated equal and what he could do about it. Unlike many leaders in those days who ‘Protested” against segregation by means of violence such as Malcom X and The Black Panther Party, Dr. King used the teachings of Gandhi and peaceful marches to help “fight” with your mouth/speech and not your
Kings type of fighting, fighting against something he was passionate about without violence took abundant determination. In order to achieve and study peaceful protest he went to Crozer Theological Seminary there he studied world leaders who were able to achieve peaceful protest. In fact in New York when Izola Curry attempted to assassinate Dr. King by stabbing him with a letter opener, Dr. King quickly forgave her in a press release despite taking part in a book signing where he ended up going to the hospital. Throughout Martin Luther King Jr.’s life he gave plenty of speeches mainly because he was a minister, but out of all the speeches he gave the one almost every American has heard is the “I Have a Dream” speech. In this dream he conveys the main message of ethnic unity by explaining his view or “dream” of what life should be like in America “the land of the free and the home of the brave” Source. In fact in 1964 Dr. King won the Noble Peace Prize a prize given to individuals as well as corporations who have accomplished something in one of six different categories. On a somber note Dr. Martin Luther King was assassinated at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. But in 1983 President Ronald Reagan signed a bill that allowed Dr. Kings Dream to live on as a Federal Holiday observed on the third Monday of January allowing all to be educated and reminded of all Martin Luther King Jr. did for the United