Dr. Martin Luther King And The Civil Rights Movement
Dr. King was a pivotal figure in the Civil Rights Movement. He was elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, the organization which was responsible for the successful Montgomery Bus Boycott. Through his participation with civil rights activities he had been arrested thirty times. His lectures and remarks stirred the concerns and uprooted conscience in a generation. He had a philosophy of nonviolent philosophy including his non-destructive rational strategies of social change; brought forth the realization of the commoner's right to live as a society. On April 4th 1968 while standing on the balcony of his motel in Memphis, Tennessee Martin Luther King Jr. was gun down by James Earl Ray. He had been in Memphis
to help lead sanitation workers in a protest against low wages and intolerable conditions. Which brings us to this day of celebration, remembrance, and to pay homage to one man that believed people can come together as one to enjoy everyday living at an equal level of existence. Celebrating a person that gives us an ideal example of how we can improve the way we view and treat others as well as the way we treat ourselves. And we are celebrating a vision of how we can improve our society.
to help lead sanitation workers in a protest against low wages and intolerable conditions. Which brings us to this day of celebration, remembrance, and to pay homage to one man that believed people can come together as one to enjoy everyday living at an equal level of existence. Celebrating a person that gives us an ideal example of how we can improve the way we view and treat others as well as the way we treat ourselves. And we are celebrating a vision of how we can improve our society.