I sat around hunting for information not knowing what was so important about this man. All I cared about was maybe this year I would get out of school on Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Then after searching around I realized that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a truly amazing person. Now in today's time most people don't even see the racism that goes on, and if they do it is nowhere near the extremeness of Martin Luther King's time. Martin Luther King fought a hard fight through racism and segregation that was very tough, but he died and his dream still lives on today. .
Martin Luther King Jr. means a lot to me. He represents love, courage, dignity, freedom, unity, and compassion. I also think that he represents the struggles that everyone has in their everyday life. King said "If a man has not discovered something he will die for, he isn't fit to live." That quote means to me that if you don't have a passion for something you love or feel strongly for something, then you really have no purpose at all to live. He makes me think that no matter what race or religion I am that I can conquer anything. His speech "I Have a Dream" explains to me that no matter what color I am that I can still have a dream. He showed me that I don't have to walk around thinking I am better than everyone else because I am white, and that I can be friends with blacks, Asians, or people of any race without being prosecuted. Martin Luther King Jr. was a bold man that stood up against racism and brought the issues up that everyone should be treated equal in every way no matter what his or her color was. He teaches us a lot because in our everyday life when we see someone that is being prosecuted for their religion, race or the way they look we just sit back and don't stand up for them because our nation has become apathetic. .
Most of the struggle we live with today is ourselves. We are our own enemies in our lives.
Malcom was not a racist, but he did stress by any means necessary, to bring about a positive change for his people and for all people oppressed every where. ... You could see that MLK was no match for Malcom. ... That it almost made him look like that was King's daddy telling him what to do. ... I don't believe he was jealous of MLK. ... That's what my own family taught me when I was growing up. ...
Martin Luther King Jr. is a person who means a lot of things to people. ... To me racism is almost foreign. ... You have made America what it is today, and we all thank you. ... "What Dr. ... Means To Me" 10 November 2003. http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/perspectives/essays/1998.html#thiraphouth. ...
Martin Luther King (MLK) was born in a period of time in which a system of discrimination and segregation was present. ... (pp.117, 118) MLK was at first convinced that Jesus' ethic of love was to be lived out in the context of individual relationships. ... It has proved to me the power of the one God. ... (pp.124, 125,126) Malcolm X's hajj had introduced to him what he termed "real" and "true" Islam. ... Upon the discovering the teachings of what he called &qu...
(Changing the meaning of marriage (to specifically filter out homosexuals interested in marriage) to a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife) is by no means, playing by the rules. ... If you ask me, redefining a word is not a very appropriate way of defending marriage (Not that marriage should even be defended in the first place) It's kind a sad that our representatives are that pathetic that they can't even find probable reasons for establishing most of their laws. ... If the definition of marriage can be so quickly defined in such a narrow minded manner, th...
" On me it didn't really effect me, I was at Ft. ... What was your reaction to the reaction of MLK? ... " I thought they were a people with a good cause but not a peaceful means, and through those means made more people hate them. ... It would just have to be the Vietnam war that had to have the most impact on me." 10. ... She would tell me that he is just a crook. ...
