Martin Luther King 3
Nearly three centuries ago, African slaves were brought to the New World and put into slavery. They were treated more cruelly in the United States than in any other country that had ever practiced slavery, and ever since its prohibition, African-Americans have fought oppression. Martin Luther King Jr., would aid immensely in this fight. He was born in Atlanta Georgia in 1929. His father, Martin Luther King Sr. Was a Baptist minister and also preached for civil rights. By the time he was 17 he had decided to follow his fathers footsteps, so he himself was ordained as a minister. After his graduation from the Crozer Theological Seminary, when he began postgraduate work at Boston University, he studied the works of Indian nationalist Mohandas Gandhi, from whom he derived his own philosophy of nonviolent protest. He moved to Alabama to become pastor for a Baptist church. Just after he received his Ph.D. in 1955, King was asked to lead a bus boycott in Montgomery. It had been formed after Rosa Park
Prejudices have always and will always exist among people. The prejudices this nation faces now, and has faced for years is racial oppression and segregation. Martin Luther King had a dream. He didn't want people to be "judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character." He was determined that the dream would become a reality, and in most ways it did. The rights of the people are now equal. Any person, regardless of his race can do anything. No longer is the African-American community limited in their rights or segregated from society. We have all grown closer to racial unity. Despite all of this, racism remains in the minds of people, and hate crimes as well as white supremacist organizations still exist. If racism itself is ever eliminated, it will only fade away with time, being replaced by another prejudice belittling a part of society. s was arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white passenger. Throughout the 381 days which the boycott lasted, he was
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