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RACE DISCRIMINATION AND CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

MARTIN LUTHER KING:

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Martin Luther KING  gave his life for the cause of rational integration. MLK was convinced that the protest of non-violence was to be manifested through acts of civil disobedience and was convinced that young people (both white and black) were fundamental to the formation of a new world. With lucidity and determination Martin Luther King tackles the themes of his time fighting for a 'genuine non-violent revolution of all peoples to renew the world.

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In the 1865 slavery was abolished and the Negroes became free workers. However racial discrimination spread in the American society because white Americans did not accept them as equal. A system of racial segregation started. Black people had to go to different schools bars and cinemas. They had different entrances to public places and different waiting rooms at station or bus terminals. They had different park benches, train seats or restaurant seating and even public toilets. They had difficulty in finding a job and had to live in black neighborhoods.

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He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. He went to college and in 1948 he entered a Seminary in Philadelphia.
As a student he was impressed by the teachings of the leader Ghandi on nonviolent resistance.

In 1954 he became the minister of a black Baptist church in Montgomery and a year later he led the first nonviolent protest against segregation.
In December 1955 Rosa Parks a black woman refused to give her seat to a white person on a public bus in Montgomery, Alabama. She was arrested and King organized the famous Montgomery Bus Boycott against city buses.
In 1955 he graduated from Boston University School of Theology. MLK inspired blacks the South to boycott stores were black workers were refused jobs and to hold sit - ins in restaurants that did not serve black customers. Many leaders were assassinated and Dr King was arrested many times more than 30 times, but he became more and more famous, giving great strength to the movement for black integration.

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In the summer 1963 Dr King he led a march for civil rights on Washington DC: 250.000 people from all over the country gathered at the Lincoln Memorial in one of the greatest demonstrations. He delivered his famous speech “I have a dream”:
I' am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. The marvelous new militancy which has engulfed the Negro community must not lead us to a distrust of all white people, for many of our white brothers, as evidenced by their presence here today, have come to realize that their destiny is tied up with our destiny. And they have come to realize that their freedom is inextricably bound to our freedom.

We cannot walk alone

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And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream. I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, 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 by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.

I have a dream today!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR-PReWhMGM&feature=youtu.be

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MARTIN LUTHER KING THE LEADER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

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MARTIN LUTHER KING THE LEADER OF AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT

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In the southern states The Jim Crow laws established racial segregation in all public facilities whit “separated but equal” status for black Americans, who suffered economic, educational and social disadvantages.
In the 1950s the African-Americans challenged segregation and black Reverend Martin Luter King became the leader of the African –American Civil Rights Movement.

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In the 1964 MLK was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace for his work to end racial segregation and racial discrimination through civil disobedience and other non-violent means. He also campaigned to end poverty and to stop the war against Vietnam. In the 1965 the congress passed the Voting Rights Act. Dr King devoted his time to the issues of poverty and war .