Discrimination and Segregation
Helen Molina
English 102
Professor Reyes
Discrimination and Segregation
Martin Luther King Jr. lost his life trying to better the lives of African-American people. He was one of the greatest American Civil Rights leaders of the 1960s. Martin Luther King Jr. was a well-known Civil Rights Activist who was attempting to get rid of discrimination. He also worked primarily in the South where he labored steadily to overthrow laws that promoted segregation (Jacobus 211). King never gave up on helping out his people. He assisted the Civil Rights Movement that desegregated buses. He dreamed for everyone to be treated fairly, work together, different color skin would not matter. King was born to become a great activist leader. Laws were created to segregate and discriminate races base on their colored skin. In addition, organizations that helped get rid of segregation and discrimination among white and colored people.
During the 1950s, King led several demonstrations like sit-ins, marches and protests. King became famous for supporting a program to integrate buses in Montgomery, Alabama (Jacobus 211). It became the Montgomery Bus Boycott, where hundreds of African Americans refused to ride city buses, to protest segregating seating. Throughout the Bus Boycott, homes and restaurants were getting bombed. King’s home was bombed and as well as others in the community. The Negroes were outraged for this typed of cruelty the whites were causing. After King’s home bombing, the Negroes gathered at his house and King told them “not to get your weapons, be peaceful and remember if I am stopped, this movement will not be stopped” (The Montgomery Advertiser). King tried his best to calm the Negroes down and he kept telling them not to use violence as revenge. In addition King also stated “…We are not advocating violence We want to love our enemies. I want you to love our enemies. Be good to them. Love them and let them know you love them…” (The Montgomery Advertiser) King
English 102
Professor Reyes
Discrimination and Segregation
Martin Luther King Jr. lost his life trying to better the lives of African-American people. He was one of the greatest American Civil Rights leaders of the 1960s. Martin Luther King Jr. was a well-known Civil Rights Activist who was attempting to get rid of discrimination. He also worked primarily in the South where he labored steadily to overthrow laws that promoted segregation (Jacobus 211). King never gave up on helping out his people. He assisted the Civil Rights Movement that desegregated buses. He dreamed for everyone to be treated fairly, work together, different color skin would not matter. King was born to become a great activist leader. Laws were created to segregate and discriminate races base on their colored skin. In addition, organizations that helped get rid of segregation and discrimination among white and colored people.
During the 1950s, King led several demonstrations like sit-ins, marches and protests. King became famous for supporting a program to integrate buses in Montgomery, Alabama (Jacobus 211). It became the Montgomery Bus Boycott, where hundreds of African Americans refused to ride city buses, to protest segregating seating. Throughout the Bus Boycott, homes and restaurants were getting bombed. King’s home was bombed and as well as others in the community. The Negroes were outraged for this typed of cruelty the whites were causing. After King’s home bombing, the Negroes gathered at his house and King told them “not to get your weapons, be peaceful and remember if I am stopped, this movement will not be stopped” (The Montgomery Advertiser). King tried his best to calm the Negroes down and he kept telling them not to use violence as revenge. In addition King also stated “…We are not advocating violence We want to love our enemies. I want you to love our enemies. Be good to them. Love them and let them know you love them…” (The Montgomery Advertiser) King
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