Martin Luther King Jr Hero

There are many things that can draw people to breaking the bounds of society equality, power, a chance at a new life. Martin Luther King Jr., a Civil Rights activist in a time of inequality went against the tide of society in attempt to bring fairness to Black men, women, and children across America. Adolf Hitler, a political leader before and during World War 2, used his abilities to push his own agenda against the Jewish people to create his own “perfect” society.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a man who faced prejudice, segregation, and police brutality during the Civil Rights Movement in the middle of the 20th Century. Depending on what “color” you were, you either saw Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. as a hero, or a public nuisance. He was a powerful speaker that was able to use his abilities to gain a following, and was able to stage peaceful protests in the name of equality.
Throughout his campaign, he has made many enemies that loathe the idea of the “inferior race” being equal to themselves, but managed to gain support from Former President Lyndon Johnson.
Dr. King has been a popular man throughout pop culture, most specifically in the Rap and Hip-hop genre, and has served to be a role model for young black kids across America. He’s often referred to as “The King”, “Dr. King”, or simply just “Martin” throughout today’s culture and is more than a common household name because he, among others, fought to get us where we are today. His work has allowed multiracial families to be accepted, for black men and women to have equal opportunity, and because of that the black community won’t be forgetting him anytime soon.
It has been uncovered that King had more than just the public against him. During the time period, there had been pressure from the Federal Bureau of Investigation, or more commonly known as their acronym FBI, stating that “[He] is done” and that he was an evil man, back at a time when the FBI had more freedom but was cautious about what was released to the public.
Born in the European country of Austria in 1889, Adolf Hitler rose to power in German politics as leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party, also known as the Nazi Party.
Starting off as a simple soldier during World War I that ended in November of 1918, he was able to commit one of the greatest catastrophes in human history by ordering the extinction of between 5 billion and 6 billion of the Jewish people during the Holocaust and World War 2, securing Adolf Hitler as one of the most infamous leaders throughout history. If infamy was his goal Hitler has without question gained it. Look through history and pop culture today, he’s referenced through culture along with his political views. An example of this is in Kanye West’s “Flashing Lights” stating “Dang, these [explicit] got me, I hate these [explicit] more than the Nazi”. The reach Adolf Hitler has gained has put him on the brunt end of even the worst of jokes, like the one that goes “Hey, Hitler wasn’t that bad. I mean, he DID kill Hitler” in jest of the reports of him committing suicide to avoid capture by United States
Troops.
The effects Adolf Hitler had upon the Jewish people is best reflected in The Diary of Anne Frank, in which a Jewish family is put into hiding from prosecution and certain execution, and the youngest daugher of the Franks writes a daily diary of her life in hiding. It starts off in a boorish, calm matter, but eventually reality sets in and they realize just how much trouble they would be in when they inevitably get caught. The Diary was found by her father, Otto Frank, and he published the book so that his daughter’s story would not be forgotten throughout history. It is now used as a common reflection of the atrocities of World War 2.
There are several parallels between the two, as both started without inheriting their power, both were powerful public speakers, and both were able to gain a following due to their public speaking abilities, and were generally hated by anyone who did not share the same ideals as there two social outcasts. Adolf Hitler and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. had tried to cleanse the imperfections of their societies through differing methods, public protest and all out holocaust, respectively. While the men were social outcasts, instead of shutting out society they attempted to change society to fit the ideas that they believed to be the right way regardless of the repercussions. While you may agree or disagree at the incredible feats of these men, they both found it better to fix what they thought was broken within society.