Civil Rights Movement: Martin Luther King Jr.
Research Report-Civil Rights Movement
Martin Luther King Jr., a major Civil Rights leader, once said¨I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character¨.This was a very inspirational line by Martin Luther King Jr. from the March On Washington during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. Americans.In the book of Glory Field, Thomas (or Tommy) Lewis, a part of the Lewis family, wanted to march with African Americans wanting their rights, but they were being hurt including Skeeter (Tommy´s friend).The Civil Rights movement was a very important movement for the lives of Americans and the Lewis family since it gave them the …show more content…
The Lewis family was known for being very brave and hardworking.Martin was also brave and a very thoughtful person.He is a person that cares for equality like his quote that he said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.They motivated many by never giving up for what is right.The Lewis family were Christians so they always prayed and thought positively of people.Tommy helped everybody in his city by handcuffing the sheriff.Since they lived during the era of blacks being enslaved and discriminated, they were influenced by this time era since of all the hate they received.One thing that the family said that eventually turned to true was that “Every black person who ain’t dead sooner or later gets a freedom dream”.Many of the characters usually fell in a sad demise, there was not a lot of success for the Lewis family.One example was when Luvenia got fired by her boss since she was bribed to pay for college.The Lewis family cared and loved their families Like when Elijah “...my grandma need that money, all of it” for their taxes.This, however, ended with their whole family being whipped so Elijah had to escape their barn.They are still however very hopeful and always thought positively.An example of this would be when Muhammad said “Bless this precious Earth.” even though they were slaves and always mistreated.Martin Luther King also affected society with his quotes and sayings.He once said that there was no alternative to protest and this was very true since …show more content…
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Martin Luther King Jr., a major Civil Rights leader, once said¨I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character¨.This was a very inspirational line by Martin Luther King Jr. from the March On Washington during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. Americans.In the book of Glory Field, Thomas (or Tommy) Lewis, a part of the Lewis family, wanted to march with African Americans wanting their rights, but they were being hurt including Skeeter (Tommy´s friend).The Civil Rights movement was a very important movement for the lives of Americans and the Lewis family since it gave them the …show more content…
The Lewis family was known for being very brave and hardworking.Martin was also brave and a very thoughtful person.He is a person that cares for equality like his quote that he said: “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere”.They motivated many by never giving up for what is right.The Lewis family were Christians so they always prayed and thought positively of people.Tommy helped everybody in his city by handcuffing the sheriff.Since they lived during the era of blacks being enslaved and discriminated, they were influenced by this time era since of all the hate they received.One thing that the family said that eventually turned to true was that “Every black person who ain’t dead sooner or later gets a freedom dream”.Many of the characters usually fell in a sad demise, there was not a lot of success for the Lewis family.One example was when Luvenia got fired by her boss since she was bribed to pay for college.The Lewis family cared and loved their families Like when Elijah “...my grandma need that money, all of it” for their taxes.This, however, ended with their whole family being whipped so Elijah had to escape their barn.They are still however very hopeful and always thought positively.An example of this would be when Muhammad said “Bless this precious Earth.” even though they were slaves and always mistreated.Martin Luther King also affected society with his quotes and sayings.He once said that there was no alternative to protest and this was very true since …show more content…
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"Black Nationalism (Overview)." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2016. Web. 12 Feb. 2016
"EasyBib: The Free Automatic Bibliography Composer." EasyBib. N.p., n.d. Web.
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"The Dream of Equality (Overview)." American History. ABC-CLIO, 2016. Web. 12 Feb. 2016.
"The Glory Field." Wikifilmreviews -. Web. 05 Feb. 2016.
Bio.com. A&E Networks Television, n.d. Web. 24 Feb. 2016.
Lane,Stewart F. Black Broadway: African Americans on the Great White Way. N.p:n.p Print
Myers, Walter Dean. The Glory Field. with Connections. Austin, TX: Holt, Rinehard and Winston, 2001. Print
¨Martin Luther King, Jr. Quotes.¨BrainyQuote. Xplore, n.d. web 24