How Did Martin Luther King Influence The Civil Rights Movement
"If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.” This is one of hundreds of famous quotes from the late but great Martin Luther King, Jr. who was an American clergyman, activist, humanitarian, and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience.
Michael King Jr., whose name later changed to Martin Luther, was born to the late Mr. Michael King Sr. and Mrs. Alberta Williams King on 15 January, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Alberta, the only daughter of Reverend Adam Williams who was then the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, attended high school at Spelman Seminary and received a teaching certificate at the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute (now Hampton University) in 1924. Michael King Sr. became a leader of the …show more content…
gave his final speech " I've Been to the Mountaintop", at the Mason Temple(Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis Tennessee. Kings speech was in reference of the Memphis Sanitation Strike. The issue is the refusal of Memphis to be fair and honest in its dealings with its public servants, who happen to be sanitation workers. Dr. King warned the protesters not to engage in violence let the issue of injustice be ignored because of the focus on the violence. King understood that peaceful demonstrations were the way to go and the only way to guarantee that their cry for rights would be heard and answered. Regarding the Civil Rights struggle, King demanded that America give to its citizens what it promised in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and stated that he would never give up until these rights were granted. Toward the end of his speech, King refers to threats against his life and uses language that seems to foreshadow his impending death, but reaffirming that he was not afraid to
Michael King Jr., whose name later changed to Martin Luther, was born to the late Mr. Michael King Sr. and Mrs. Alberta Williams King on 15 January, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Alberta, the only daughter of Reverend Adam Williams who was then the pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, attended high school at Spelman Seminary and received a teaching certificate at the Hampton Normal and Industrial Institute (now Hampton University) in 1924. Michael King Sr. became a leader of the …show more content…
gave his final speech " I've Been to the Mountaintop", at the Mason Temple(Church of God in Christ Headquarters) in Memphis Tennessee. Kings speech was in reference of the Memphis Sanitation Strike. The issue is the refusal of Memphis to be fair and honest in its dealings with its public servants, who happen to be sanitation workers. Dr. King warned the protesters not to engage in violence let the issue of injustice be ignored because of the focus on the violence. King understood that peaceful demonstrations were the way to go and the only way to guarantee that their cry for rights would be heard and answered. Regarding the Civil Rights struggle, King demanded that America give to its citizens what it promised in the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence and stated that he would never give up until these rights were granted. Toward the end of his speech, King refers to threats against his life and uses language that seems to foreshadow his impending death, but reaffirming that he was not afraid to