Martin Luther King Jr was a great man with many genius ideas. An important idea that Dr. King had said was how to deal with oppression. Where he shared his own views on what is the right way to deal with oppression and what is the wrong way. His ideas were supported by many of his followers as they did believe he was in the right of way. In the excerpt of his book “Stride Toward Freedom” Dr. King gives three examples on how people deal with oppression, one example which many follow and for great
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Bryan Stevenson, a lawyer and founder of the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI), is a strong advocate for social justice and equality. Throughout his career, he is faced with the challenge of racism and inequality. Stevenson uses examples from his cases to highlight the discrimination towards incarcerated people and show that they too are worthy of redemption through hard work and determination. Bryan uses allusions to connect his reasoning back to his main point. You can see this being done with the
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The “Statement by Alabama Clergymen” was an important article published in 1963, the year of dramatic events of Civil Right Movements. It called upon Alabama residents, especially the Black, to stop their sit-ins, marches, and other kinds of resisting the segregation at that time. Furthermore, the eight clergymen encouraged the work of regional policemen, using ‘brutal punishment’ to those who did not obey the segregation. According to the Blessed Are The Peacemakers, eight Alabama clergymen who
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Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “ A man dies when he refuses to stand up for which is right.” His words, and beliefs impacted the entire world as he took a stand against racism. This encouraged thousands of people to take a stand in their own communities. This shows it is appropriate to take a stand when the rules have an adverse impact on your life. The people or community make up a large part of everyday life. When the community is negatively affected by the laws placed on them it calls for
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Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail was written on 16 April 1963. It was written in response to the Public Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen. In this letter Martin Luther King attempts to explain to the clergyman how and why he demonstrates instead of bring the matters to the courts. In this letter MLK also answers the questions and criticisms that were written to him in the statement from the clergymen. The reason Martin Luther King was in the position that he was was because he
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If you think about a state that holds some history to make you literally shake your head about, it’s going to be Mississippi. Of course Civil War, Slavery and the fact that many lives were lost there. However we won’t reflect on those particular stories but on some of the most memorable people still doing things to make it better and some events we will never forget but the city is still recovering from. For the youngsters that follow him, there’s David Banner, multi-millionaire Oprah Winfrey and
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the event was designed to shed light on the political and social challenges African Americans continued to face across the country. The march, which became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States, culminated in Martin
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Rosa parks is a significant activist as she took a stand for racial equality. She quoted “I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also free”. That's why she took a stand because she was tired of being pushed around. Rosa Parks was arrested for disobeying Alabama laws as she refused to give up her seat to a white passenger. Parks sat at the front of the colored section and as more white passengers boarded the bus they were standing. The bus driver
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“ As far as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people could be mistreated because of the color of their skin”-Rosa Parks. When the color of your skin was all that mattered you were treated differently. My hero was born an African- American. African-Americans were treated worse than white people. Rosa was tired of being treated this way. But not just her but also the other African- Americans. Without Rosa we would probably still be treated differently. How
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Yuri Kochiyama was an American activist, she fought for social justice with an unwavering sense of humanity that permeated every activism project she undertook. Born is 1921 in San Pedro California, Yuri did not feel the effects of racism in her daily life while her community was racially segregated. And Yuri participated in some after school projects, such as sports and student government. Her middle-class status and genuine desired to befriend everyone, it also led her to adopt the ever-popular
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