When you sit down and take in the amazing achievements of black history, it is only natural to be moved by the graces of some great black history figures including Booker T. Washington, George Washington Carver and many others. But one word stands head and shoulders above the others and that name Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. King's legacy of change and his call to end discrimination and segregation in American society without a doubt the voice that has shaken America as no one else has. Because although many have shown remarkable leadership, Dr. King clearly demonstrated the vision of the future of America in which blacks and whites work, live, play and serve together as one community and not two.
The respect and respect every American person has for Martin Luther King, Jr. it is evident from the way his name has been honored since his tragic death in assassinations in 1968. Across the country, almost every city in the U.S. named the highway after the great human rights leader. He alone has a U.S. holiday named after him, a reputation often reserved for presidents. Honored with a U.S. stamp and no schoolboy goes beyond his primary education without knowing the key words of Dr. King's famous "I have a dream" speech.
The work of Drs. King in civil rights is inseparable from the early struggles of the human rights movement from the late fifties onwards. Our images of him walking with his people uniting them after his leadership and facing great hatred and racism to take action in America to say without compromise that racism will no longer exist in this country.
Those pictures of Drs. King working and innovating with others who shared his courage to go out and make a better change cannot be erased from American information. Because Dr. King was not the leader who sent his messages to the safety and comfort of a remote office. No, he was there, among his people, traveling to Washington armed with the daily men and women of this country who had come together to fight against the evils of racism. It took a lot of courage for Dr. King to get on the road with his people as he did and it was an accident that ultimately cost him his life. But his courage inspired thousands to become more courageous and to be one people, a brotherhood that would no longer allow racism to become a law in America.
Dr. King's famous speech from the stairs of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963 has been so hot that it has become a staple of our American heritage that it is revered by scholars, students and all people who seek their inspiration in this great man. This statement is in line with Kennedy's opening speech and Lincoln's speech in Gettysburg as words that inspired the nation as no other has been able to do. It is impossible not to find bumps in the reading of these key sentences in that historical discourse.
* I dream that one day this nation will rise and live up to its definition of faith: 'We hold these truths in the highest light, that all men are created equal.' ”
* "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged on the basis of their skin color but on the basis of their character."
* “Let freedom be. And when this happens, and when we let freedom ring
Dr. King's legacy of change and his call to end discrimination and segregation in American society without a doubt the voice that has shaken America as no one else has. Because although many have shown remarkable leadership, Dr. King clearly demonstrated the vision of the future of America in which blacks and whites work, live, play and serve together as one community and not two.
The respect and respect every American person has for Martin Luther King, Jr. it is evident from the way his name has been honored since his tragic death in assassinations in 1968. Across the country, almost every city in the U.S. named the highway after the great human rights leader. He alone has a U.S. holiday named after him, a reputation often reserved for presidents. Honored with a U.S. stamp and no schoolboy goes beyond his primary education without knowing the key words of Dr. King's famous "I have a dream" speech.
The work of Drs. King in civil rights is inseparable from the early struggles of the human rights movement from the late fifties onwards. Our images of him walking with his people uniting them after his leadership and facing great hatred and racism to take action in America to say without compromise that racism will no longer exist in this country.
Those pictures of Drs. King working and innovating with others who shared his courage to go out and make a better change cannot be erased from American information. Because Dr. King was not the leader who sent his messages to the safety and comfort of a remote office. No, he was there, among his people, traveling to Washington armed with the daily men and women of this country who had come together to fight against the evils of racism. It took a lot of courage for Dr. King to get on the road with his people as he did and it was an accident that ultimately cost him his life. But his courage inspired thousands to become more courageous and united, a brotherhood that will no longer allow racism to become a law in America.
Dr. King's famous speech from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on a hot day August 28, 1963 has become so central to our American heritage.
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