Martin Luther King Jr.: My Role Model
Martin Luther King Jr.
According to Martin Luther King Jr, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase”. Martin Luther King Jr. is a very inspirational man who changed the world because of one speech! Martin Luther King Jr. is my role model. He has a lot of courage and leadership to do what he has done!
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He has one brother and one sister.Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. entered public school at age 5.(biography.com) But High School was much better. He skipped both the ninth and eleventh grades, and entered Morehouse College in Atlanta at age 15, in 1944. (biography.com) On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a Montgomery bus and got arrested. People were so outraged that they started a bus boycott four days later. The boycott lasted 381 days. You got to admit, that did take guts to start a bus boycott and when the busses was the way you got around. On Good Friday, 12 April, King was …show more content…
arrested in Birmingham after violating the anti-protest injunction and was kept in solitary confinement. (kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu) Nevertheless, negotiations followed the mass arrest and appeared to portend victory for the protestors; King, who had vowed to remain in jail until demands were met, left when City authorities made various promises. (www.sparknotes.com) Later Martin Luther King Jr got released on April 20, 1963. On August 28, 1963, a march on Washington was held for the rights of black people. It was a success!More than 200,000 black and white Americans shared a joyous day of speeches, songs, and prayers led by a celebrated array of clergymen, civil rights leaders, politicians, and entertainers. (www.history.com) After many other talks Martin Luther King Jr. finally said his speech. He had a speech written down and only four minutes to say it. Towards the end of his speech Martin wife, Coretta Scott King, stood up and said “Tell them ‘about the dream Martin!” . When his wife stood up and said that, there started his “I Have a Dream” speech. On the evening of 4 April, after a pre-dinner organizational meeting, King stepped onto the balcony of his second floor motel room.
(www.sparknotes.com) A few moments later there was a loud crack and Martin flung to the wall. He had been shot in the head and neck, then he died at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Memphis. “The alleged assassin, James Earl Ray, was apprehended a month later in Heathrow Airport in London. He confessed to the killing, but retracted his confession after he had been imprisoned. There is much speculation that the FBI was involved in King's death.Upon news of the assassination, riots erupted nation-wide. President Johnson declared 7 April a national day of mourning–but mourning in many places took the form of violence and arson. The number of riots totaled 168; the number of arrests, 3000; the number of injuries, over 20,000; and the number of soldiers called in to restore order, 55,000.”
(www.sparknotes.com) In Martin’s whole life he was against criticism to African Americans and to everyone. His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era. (www.history.com) Martin got to be buried near his grandparents grave. “Though blacks and whites alike mourned King’s passing, the killing in some ways served to widen the rift between black and white Americans, as many blacks saw King’s assassination as a rejection of their vigorous pursuit of equality through the nonviolent resistance he had championed. His murder, like the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, radicalized many moderate African-American activists, fueling the growth of the Black Power movement and the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s and early 1970s.” (www.history.com) The news of Martin Luther King Jr’s death was all over television. Almost everyone was sad and discouraged over his death. Martin Luther King Jr. is my role model because of how much courage and leadership he has! As Martin once said “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” This quote means a lot to me and no one can change that. Martin is my role model and probably other peoples too. I will never forget what he has done for men, his family, and country.
According to Martin Luther King Jr, “Faith is taking the first step even when you don't see the whole staircase”. Martin Luther King Jr. is a very inspirational man who changed the world because of one speech! Martin Luther King Jr. is my role model. He has a lot of courage and leadership to do what he has done!
Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He has one brother and one sister.Growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King Jr. entered public school at age 5.(biography.com) But High School was much better. He skipped both the ninth and eleventh grades, and entered Morehouse College in Atlanta at age 15, in 1944. (biography.com) On December 1st, 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat in a Montgomery bus and got arrested. People were so outraged that they started a bus boycott four days later. The boycott lasted 381 days. You got to admit, that did take guts to start a bus boycott and when the busses was the way you got around. On Good Friday, 12 April, King was …show more content…
arrested in Birmingham after violating the anti-protest injunction and was kept in solitary confinement. (kingencyclopedia.stanford.edu) Nevertheless, negotiations followed the mass arrest and appeared to portend victory for the protestors; King, who had vowed to remain in jail until demands were met, left when City authorities made various promises. (www.sparknotes.com) Later Martin Luther King Jr got released on April 20, 1963. On August 28, 1963, a march on Washington was held for the rights of black people. It was a success!More than 200,000 black and white Americans shared a joyous day of speeches, songs, and prayers led by a celebrated array of clergymen, civil rights leaders, politicians, and entertainers. (www.history.com) After many other talks Martin Luther King Jr. finally said his speech. He had a speech written down and only four minutes to say it. Towards the end of his speech Martin wife, Coretta Scott King, stood up and said “Tell them ‘about the dream Martin!” . When his wife stood up and said that, there started his “I Have a Dream” speech. On the evening of 4 April, after a pre-dinner organizational meeting, King stepped onto the balcony of his second floor motel room.
(www.sparknotes.com) A few moments later there was a loud crack and Martin flung to the wall. He had been shot in the head and neck, then he died at the St. Joseph’s Hospital in Memphis. “The alleged assassin, James Earl Ray, was apprehended a month later in Heathrow Airport in London. He confessed to the killing, but retracted his confession after he had been imprisoned. There is much speculation that the FBI was involved in King's death.Upon news of the assassination, riots erupted nation-wide. President Johnson declared 7 April a national day of mourning–but mourning in many places took the form of violence and arson. The number of riots totaled 168; the number of arrests, 3000; the number of injuries, over 20,000; and the number of soldiers called in to restore order, 55,000.”
(www.sparknotes.com) In Martin’s whole life he was against criticism to African Americans and to everyone. His assassination led to an outpouring of anger among black Americans, as well as a period of national mourning that helped speed the way for an equal housing bill that would be the last significant legislative achievement of the civil rights era. (www.history.com) Martin got to be buried near his grandparents grave. “Though blacks and whites alike mourned King’s passing, the killing in some ways served to widen the rift between black and white Americans, as many blacks saw King’s assassination as a rejection of their vigorous pursuit of equality through the nonviolent resistance he had championed. His murder, like the killing of Malcolm X in 1965, radicalized many moderate African-American activists, fueling the growth of the Black Power movement and the Black Panther Party in the late 1960s and early 1970s.” (www.history.com) The news of Martin Luther King Jr’s death was all over television. Almost everyone was sad and discouraged over his death. Martin Luther King Jr. is my role model because of how much courage and leadership he has! As Martin once said “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” This quote means a lot to me and no one can change that. Martin is my role model and probably other peoples too. I will never forget what he has done for men, his family, and country.