1. Martin Luther King Jr. - Speech Analysis
During his childhood, King was faced with many hardships due to the segregation laws in his area. ... Martin Luther King's parents told their son that all their lives blacks suffered through many unjust situations because of the racist whites. ... In November of 1956, the Supreme Court was greatly influenced by all the civil rights fighters and made the decision that previously standing segregation laws in Alabama were unconstitutional. ... Although in reality, not all racial discrimination stopped with the segregation laws, conditions could only improve from that point, which was exac...
Although discrimination in employment based on sex is prohibited by law nothing was done when it occurred. ... If after a thorough examination of the facts of the effects of an unjust or immoral law, a community failed in negotiation with the majority, King advocated mass direct action to engage public opinion, especially the opinion of the majority. ...