community essay

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. civil rights movement is a major reason why the black and white communities as a nation have a better working relationship today then the mid-19th century. I believe Dr. King’s fight for equal rights in the African American community allowed for a better nation and union today between black and white communities then there were in the early 19th century. In the 19th century the African American communities experience, separate drinking fountains, couldn't sit at same lunch counters as white people, had to sit at the back of the bus, segregated from schools, random beatings, tired black people, especially black men, for crimes for which they could not conceivably have committed, lynching’s, and Jim crow laws. Finally I will show through Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. efforts and the road through Birmingham which brought forth the Civil Rights Act that made our nation and communities equal.
Dr. King civil rights movement had many key moments but one that stands out which helped black and white communities becomes equal was a demonstration held in Birmingham Alabama. This demonstration included children and the idea was to provoke mass arrests and create a situation so crisis packed that it would inevitably open the door to negotiation. During the protests, the police used high-pressure water jets and police dogs against the children. Video of the police response was aired on national television and dominated the nation's attention, shocked the nation and grabbed many white Americans attention while consolidating black Americans behind the movement. Dr. King was put in jail and responded to some fellow clergymen who called for a different type of unity than the one Dr. King was leading. We are now confronted by a series of demonstrations by some our Negro citizens, directed and led