., and his wife Alberta Williams stressed the importance of education. ... Over the years King, Jr would rise through the social ranks of his local black community to eventually become a household name around the country. ... King and his wife were desperately hoping for about a sixty percent success rate. ... For over a year the boycott continued and gradually so did support from around the country. ...
Rowan, the director of the United States Information Agency, could not understand why Asian and African countries paid tribute to an "ex dope dealer" and "ex con." ... While the Asian and African countries, who paid tribute agree with Cone that Malcolm X was worthy of praise and helped the black cause for equality. Citing Rowan, Asian, and African countries Cone uses oral history and historical analysis as his methodology. ... Cone also quotes King's wife, Coretta, who said King saw her as a "homemaker" and expected her to be "home waiting for him." ...
Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in 1929. Throughout his life, King was known best as a Civil Rights Leader. King was born into a family of Baptist Ministers. King grew up in a time when the opportunities for education and experience were not available to children in poorer urban and rural areas....
It is a testament to the greatness of Martin Luther King Jr. that nearly every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. It is a measure of how sorely his achievements are misunderstood that most of them are located in black neighborhoods. He is still regarded mainly as the bl...
Almost every aspect of this country today, would not be the same if it was not for the African American leaders that stood up in their communities during the mid 1900's and preached words of a United States that was free from oppression against people of color. ... As he left, he said "Bye baby" to Carolyn Bryant, the wife of the storeowner. ...
The streetlights were on. Yet, it was three in the afternoon. The smog was so thick and black the sunlight cannot get through. Yesterday's newspaper rolls down the street as the wind gently blows, and the white working class tolerates no form of inter-racial mingling. Signs hang in storefronts read, "No Blacks,"" and "White Only."" ...
Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, "freedom rides," and rallies received national attention in the struggle to end racial inequality. There were also continuing efforts to legally challenge segregation through the courts. Following the "separate but equal" decision of Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896, many Americans decided to push f...
