How Did Martin Luther King Affect The Civil Rights Movement
For years, large groups of people have come together to oppose interesting ideas, encouraging the change of beliefs, and government approach. During the mid-1900’s the people of America called for a change in humanity. The change is the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement was a movement in which African Americans urged to have the same lives as that of the Americans. Whether it is a way of human conflict or a way to survive the conflict, this movement is an important part of our society’s growth and expansion into a modern society. The Civil Rights Movement served as the most significant movement, it also was the beginning of true fairness for the African Americans in the United States, but it would not have been possible without the great
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leaders in Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, outcomes of the legal cases, and John Lewis’ speech at the March on Washington.
During the movement, Martin Luther King caught the attention of the African Americans with his commitment to have a nonviolent opposition.
As King emerged into a leader, he put his beliefs in action and proved that being nonviolent was the effective way to stop the racial movement. King made his statement through his letter the “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” King’s letter served as an inspiration to the people to have a better life in America. As King states “Everything we Dared to imagine about a New America, A Better America.” (Lewis and Aydin 2: 173). King’s belief is that he wanted everyone to have the same life no matter which race, and that is how the Civil Rights Movement got started by King motivating the people to pass the Civil Rights Movement. Malcolm X was the other leader who helped in the movement. Malcolm X and John Lewis both had their differences in attempting to pass the Civil Rights Movement. According to John Lewis, “Malcolm talked about the need to shift our focus from race to class, both among one another and between ourselves and the white community.” (Lewis and Aydin 3: 136). Basically, Lewis is saying that Malcolm X was focusing on the class of the people, not on the race of the
person.
John Lewis participated in the movement by his speech at the March on Washington, Lewis inspired others to fight to successfully pass the Civil Rights Movement. But his speech did not quite pass all of the laws, he had hoped too. As Lewis mentions “But as I had said at the March on Washington it did not ban “Literacy Tests” and other voting Restrictions.” ( Lewis and Aydin 3: 85). John Lewis’ point is that his speech did not fully fool the minds of the judges of the Civil Rights Act. John Lewis did not mention that he wanted to free the blacks from voting restrictions and to banning literacy tests. He just wanted all of the people to be together and to have the same type life as the Americans by voting for the presidential elections and to ban the literacy tests in order to have more African American voters in the United States.
The legal cases that served as the turning point for the movement were the Brown vs The Board of Education. This case helped the movement in obvious ways, some of the ways were. Some of the ways this case helped the movement were with all of them getting together and to protest and discuss the issue. The other case that helped was the Jim Crow Laws.
leaders in Martin Luther King and Malcolm X, outcomes of the legal cases, and John Lewis’ speech at the March on Washington.
During the movement, Martin Luther King caught the attention of the African Americans with his commitment to have a nonviolent opposition.
As King emerged into a leader, he put his beliefs in action and proved that being nonviolent was the effective way to stop the racial movement. King made his statement through his letter the “Letter from Birmingham Jail.” King’s letter served as an inspiration to the people to have a better life in America. As King states “Everything we Dared to imagine about a New America, A Better America.” (Lewis and Aydin 2: 173). King’s belief is that he wanted everyone to have the same life no matter which race, and that is how the Civil Rights Movement got started by King motivating the people to pass the Civil Rights Movement. Malcolm X was the other leader who helped in the movement. Malcolm X and John Lewis both had their differences in attempting to pass the Civil Rights Movement. According to John Lewis, “Malcolm talked about the need to shift our focus from race to class, both among one another and between ourselves and the white community.” (Lewis and Aydin 3: 136). Basically, Lewis is saying that Malcolm X was focusing on the class of the people, not on the race of the
person.
John Lewis participated in the movement by his speech at the March on Washington, Lewis inspired others to fight to successfully pass the Civil Rights Movement. But his speech did not quite pass all of the laws, he had hoped too. As Lewis mentions “But as I had said at the March on Washington it did not ban “Literacy Tests” and other voting Restrictions.” ( Lewis and Aydin 3: 85). John Lewis’ point is that his speech did not fully fool the minds of the judges of the Civil Rights Act. John Lewis did not mention that he wanted to free the blacks from voting restrictions and to banning literacy tests. He just wanted all of the people to be together and to have the same type life as the Americans by voting for the presidential elections and to ban the literacy tests in order to have more African American voters in the United States.
The legal cases that served as the turning point for the movement were the Brown vs The Board of Education. This case helped the movement in obvious ways, some of the ways were. Some of the ways this case helped the movement were with all of them getting together and to protest and discuss the issue. The other case that helped was the Jim Crow Laws.