Martin Luther King Jr. lost his life trying to better the lives of African-American people. He was one of the greatest American Civil Rights leaders of the 1960s. He was born in 1929 in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King once said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." This saying rang bells towards the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the near, listening ears of people who wanted change. August 28, 1963, marked the day when Martin Luther King Jr. had changed more than just Washington. More than America. He had envisioned a life where everyone would be considered equal, and everyone would prosper. He had begun to change the universe. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream”, is a speech that will be remembered forever in history. Martin Luther King Jr. was a revolutionary man. He spoke of non-violent ways to create a society of equality that stirred many people's hearts. When King spoke, he reached people's hearts and minds at the same time. He dug down deep into issues of racial discrimination and presented alternatives of love and equality. Racists struck down his ideas, but others were moved and worked to better society as he wished. King was a loving man, one that wished people would listen and follow him but he did not force them. If King were still alive, more people would have been moved and maybe certain discriminative qualities all over America would have evaporated sooner. People try to say that discrimination is over and no one has been prejudice since the Civil Rights Movement, but they are so wrong. Still today stories over the news can be heard of people killing others unjustly, whether it is from race or pure hatred. Recently, President Obama has spoken on trying to eliminate hate crimes in certain states, and just because the president has to do this means
Martin Luther King Jr. lost his life trying to better the lives of African-American people. He was one of the greatest American Civil Rights leaders of the 1960s. He was born in 1929 in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King once said, "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." This saying rang bells towards the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the near, listening ears of people who wanted change. August 28, 1963, marked the day when Martin Luther King Jr. had changed more than just Washington. More than America. He had envisioned a life where everyone would be considered equal, and everyone would prosper. He had begun to change the universe. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream”, is a speech that will be remembered forever in history. Martin Luther King Jr. was a revolutionary man. He spoke of non-violent ways to create a society of equality that stirred many people's hearts. When King spoke, he reached people's hearts and minds at the same time. He dug down deep into issues of racial discrimination and presented alternatives of love and equality. Racists struck down his ideas, but others were moved and worked to better society as he wished. King was a loving man, one that wished people would listen and follow him but he did not force them. If King were still alive, more people would have been moved and maybe certain discriminative qualities all over America would have evaporated sooner. People try to say that discrimination is over and no one has been prejudice since the Civil Rights Movement, but they are so wrong. Still today stories over the news can be heard of people killing others unjustly, whether it is from race or pure hatred. Recently, President Obama has spoken on trying to eliminate hate crimes in certain states, and just because the president has to do this means