Martin Luther King's Disappearance
I choose the quote “Weak people get revenge. Strong people forgive. Intelligent people ignore,” because it has influenced me greatly, especially in my everyday life. My mom grew up going to a newly unsegregated school and she taught me to always show others respect, no matter what. I think that the quote gives a great example to those that are struggling with different types of discrimination or bigotry. I think that the strongest people are capable of ignoring those that cause hate and discontent.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929. He was heavily influenced by his family members, as they all had large parts in the Baptist Church. After becoming a preacher, he started to take a larger role in the civil-rights movement.
Instead of responding to hate and racism with violence, he taught others to remain calm and to ignore those that spewed racial slurs. Martin Luther King led sit-ins and boycotts to help spread awareness of the fight the minority groups were fighting. Martin Luther’s sit-ins were a peaceful protest strategy against segregation. African American men and women would sit down at counters and wait to be served patiently, despite the constant threats and disrespect from white Americans. People that participated in the sit-ins often had food thrown on them or onlookers would try and provoke them into fighting. Although they endured constant humiliation and death threats participants never derived from King’s original non-violent plan. Through his activism and influential speeches, he played a pivotal role in ending the segregation of African Americans.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a great example of someone that embodies this quote in the best way possible. In the photograph, King is being arrested during a sit-in in Birmingham, Alabama. King was using the sit-ins to draw attention towards the right for human rights and equality. Instead of using his arrest to promote violence and negativity; he used it to show others that violence is not the answer and people should never resort to that even if something terrible is being done to them. Martin Luther King taught everyone that ignoring others might be hard, but it will reap tons of rewards later.
Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929. He was heavily influenced by his family members, as they all had large parts in the Baptist Church. After becoming a preacher, he started to take a larger role in the civil-rights movement.
Instead of responding to hate and racism with violence, he taught others to remain calm and to ignore those that spewed racial slurs. Martin Luther King led sit-ins and boycotts to help spread awareness of the fight the minority groups were fighting. Martin Luther’s sit-ins were a peaceful protest strategy against segregation. African American men and women would sit down at counters and wait to be served patiently, despite the constant threats and disrespect from white Americans. People that participated in the sit-ins often had food thrown on them or onlookers would try and provoke them into fighting. Although they endured constant humiliation and death threats participants never derived from King’s original non-violent plan. Through his activism and influential speeches, he played a pivotal role in ending the segregation of African Americans.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is a great example of someone that embodies this quote in the best way possible. In the photograph, King is being arrested during a sit-in in Birmingham, Alabama. King was using the sit-ins to draw attention towards the right for human rights and equality. Instead of using his arrest to promote violence and negativity; he used it to show others that violence is not the answer and people should never resort to that even if something terrible is being done to them. Martin Luther King taught everyone that ignoring others might be hard, but it will reap tons of rewards later.