Martin Luther King, Jr.: Dreaming a Reality

ThesisMartin Luther queen was a leader that was natural in a segregated world solely was determine to channelize it so e very(prenominal) genius rifle in a equal estate. And he did this by his row and action that dont need any gore. He practised brain over bronze to accomplish what he drivee out to do. Martin Luther fagot jr. was as born as a middle child in Atlanta gallium in January fifteenth 1929 into a family which was actively involved in the rise- realitynered right movement. Martin commence and grandfather was lead preacher at Ebenezer Baptist Church.Martin Luther King mother was a teacher and thought him how to read, she also try to taught Martin about prejudice and the Jim bragging law that separated B miss and White . Martin father was preacher , and was intemperate Blackman who help black get job and black teacher that like pay as white teacher. Martin got married to Coretta Scott in Alabama in June 18, 1953. Martin Luther King Jr. had four children Yo bod y politica Denise, Martin Luther III, Dexter Scott, and Bernice Albertine.Martin Luther King began his education at Yong Street Elementary School in Atlanta, Georgia he go to Booker-T Washington High and later on graduated and went to Morehouse College with a erudition from his high be condition he got an high school entrance examination he even skip ninth and twelve grade he entered at age fifteen. He graduated collage with a Bachelor of theological system in sociology King then began doctoral studies in systematic piety at Boston University and suckd his Doctor of Philosophy on June 5, 1955.Martin earnestness was a civil rights leader, theologian, and educator Howard Thurman who was actu in ally Martin father friend use to mentor The Kings and his friend. King played a cock-a-hoop role in the free-baseing of Southern Christian Leadership Conference in 1957 this composition was created so non-violent black wad to protect. King also organized and light-emitting diode march es for the right to vote, desegregation, and labor rights in addition to basic civil rights. One of Martin most famous rallies(marches) was the March On Washington where lack people from all over the nation came together to fight for their perfection given right at that type correctters case their were some speeches given iodin of them was the famous I Have A Dream Speech all this was held August 28, 1963. Other things you might find interesting about that event was that their wasnt notwithstanding black people their even white that had the uniform mind set as black were their trying to fight along with them for civil right and what they believe in. There were performance by church doctrine legend Mahalia Jackson who sang How I Got Over, also participant Bob Dylan performed several songs, including Only a Pawn in Their Game.Their denunciation from many people and this might even surprise that black nationalistic Malcolm X, in his Message to the Grass Roots speech, critici zed the march, describing it as a press stud and a circus. The March on Washington isnt the only event that die for the civil right of the black, another event that happen was a Boy Cott which Martin Luther was still a pastor back then, well by now you are as queen mole rat what really happen to cause that Boy Cott?. And the answer was that a African-American amed Rosa Park who was an seamstress came from a hard day of work and went to the back of the bus and a white told her to get up so he can sit there and she refuse for doing that she arrested for this anger was spark in the Alabama community. And so a meeting was called by the black community and an overflow convocation came to Ebenezer Baptist church for a meeting concerning Rosa Park lieu and so Dr. King told them the only way that they could them was to Boy Cott the bus company. So on Dec. 5, the African-American residents of the city refused to use the buses.Most walked, those few with cars arranged rides for friends a nd strangers, most even result to even riding mules. Only a very few numbers of African-Americans rode the bus that day. Martin Luther king gave a lot of speeches such as the famous I Have a Dream, The think of Education speech, and his other famous Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech and I See the Promised Land (a. k. a. Ive been to the Mountain Top) which was his brave speech. The I Have a Dream speech was famous because King talk about the day inhalation he has for the nation and the peech goes like this I have a woolgather that one day this nation bequeath rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed We hold these truths to be axiomatic that all men are created equal. I have a ambition that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of power slaves and the sons of former slave owners result be fitted to sit down together at a table of brotherhood. I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and op pression, will be transformed into an oasis of emancipation and justice.I have a dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the satiate of their character. I have a dream today. I have a dream that one day the state of Alabama, whose governors lips are presently fall with the words of interposition and nullification, will be transformed into a situation where little black boys and black girls will be able to meet hands with little white boys and white girls and walk together as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day any valley shall be exalted, either hill and caboodle shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the manufacturer shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the corporate trust with which I topic to the South. With this faith we will be a ble to hew out of the mountain of despair a infernal region of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood.With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for emancipation together, knowing that we will be free one day. This will be the day when all of Gods children will be able to sing with a new meaning, My country, tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrims pride, from every mountainside, allow exemption ring. And if America is to be a great nation this must(prenominal) become true.So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of clean Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of cobalt Let freedom ring from the curvaceo us peaks of California But not only that let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee Let freedom ring from every hill and every molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.When we let freedom ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to advance up that day when all of Gods children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual, Free at last Free at last Thank God Almighty, we are free at last This speech was the captivate the nation because of the words behind that it meant behind it. Martin Luther King Jr. as such a hard worker and a strong believer of equality and worked so hard on his passive resistance protect for civil right that he was even recognize as a modern prophet and even a modern day Moses. For all his hard work he was g iven the most true reward of all time which was the Noble Peace Prize on December 10, 1964 this prize which is only given to a person that through with(p) the most or the best work for fraternity between nations, for the abolition or reduction of standing armies and for the holding and promotion of peace congresses when Martin receive his prize he gave a very good acceptation speech. unfortunately on April 4, 1968 while Dr. King stood on a Memphis motel balcony probably taking a fresh breath of air was shot with a sniper hummer and died on the spot the shooter James Earl Ray was opposite of Martin Luther Kings Jr. motel where it was easy to aim and shoot at king . James Earl Ray was arrest in London at a airport, on March 10, 1969, Ray entered a plea of guilty and was sentenced to 99 years in the Tennessee state penitentiary.Even though the killer was found and punished it wasnt even to filled the sadness in people hearts. Dr. Kings death wasnt only a family rationalise it was a nationwide issue because he was a Great man who was trying to make the world a better place for every race. Conclusion Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was black man who was born into odds-on world but tired his all best to change it without bloodshed he was willing to die for his believes.He was even critics by many people that dont have the same mind set as him his life and family life were put in danger but No that didnt stop him he kept moving on. want the old saying goes Every charitable act is a stepping stone toward heaven and Martin did a lot for us and gave us a big push toward equality so he probably in his weighed down or in heaven smiling down at the nation because his dream finally came to pass.