How Did Martin Luther King Impact Society
Martin Luther King Jr.
Ask yourself something. Had racism really ended after the Civil War was over? Were African-Americans really free and did they have equal rights after the war ended. The only answer is no, it didn’t. Even after all of the fighting racism in America was everywhere. African-Americans were forced to live their lives as people who were considered less important just because of the color of their skin. They were forced to use different bathrooms, different schools, and even different water fountains. They were being forced to sit in the backs of busses just because some white man wanted to sit were an African-American was seated. And what happened to those who refused to move? They were arrested. Today, racism is has almost vanished from America. But that would not be true without the help of one very important man.
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King led many protests, but I think the one that made the biggest impact was the Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C. “This march is known as the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation’s capitol.” (Shmuel Ross) Nobody was sure exactly how many showed up, but it was around 250,000 people. This march was held on August 28, 1963. This was also the place where Martin Luther King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. This was Dr. King’s most well known speech in America. In this Speech he starts off by saying that even after 100 years of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, African-Americans still do not have equal rights and are still not free. He also states that in the Declaration of Independence it says that all men, African-American and white, were created equal. He later says that he has a dream that one day African-American and whites will have equal rights, and “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
Ask yourself something. Had racism really ended after the Civil War was over? Were African-Americans really free and did they have equal rights after the war ended. The only answer is no, it didn’t. Even after all of the fighting racism in America was everywhere. African-Americans were forced to live their lives as people who were considered less important just because of the color of their skin. They were forced to use different bathrooms, different schools, and even different water fountains. They were being forced to sit in the backs of busses just because some white man wanted to sit were an African-American was seated. And what happened to those who refused to move? They were arrested. Today, racism is has almost vanished from America. But that would not be true without the help of one very important man.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was a Baptist, a Minister, a Social …show more content…
King led many protests, but I think the one that made the biggest impact was the Civil Rights March in Washington, D.C. “This march is known as the largest demonstration ever seen in the nation’s capitol.” (Shmuel Ross) Nobody was sure exactly how many showed up, but it was around 250,000 people. This march was held on August 28, 1963. This was also the place where Martin Luther King gave his “I Have a Dream” speech. This was Dr. King’s most well known speech in America. In this Speech he starts off by saying that even after 100 years of the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, African-Americans still do not have equal rights and are still not free. He also states that in the Declaration of Independence it says that all men, African-American and white, were created equal. He later says that he has a dream that one day African-American and whites will have equal rights, and “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