Obstacles In Life Of Martin Luther King Jr.

The quote,"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." by Martin Luther King Jr was given in his last speech before he was assassinated. In this quote Martin Luther King Jr is illustrating that the worth of a person courage is when he stand up to what he believed in when time is tough and not when you are safe and comfortable.Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Georgia Atlanta. Where he grew up seeing racism and discrimination between the two colors white and black. From that point on Martin Luther King Jr. wanted to fight racism and according to article "Martin Luther King Jr." it states that “Martin considered racism and segregation to be an affront to God’s will.” This fight turn out to be a major obstacle in life of Martin Luther King Jr. During this fight Martin Luther King Jr faced many obstacle, he was arrested about twenty times, received threatening phone calls, his home was
was involved in was the montgomery bus boycott. According to Khadijah Jackson article “ King headed the Montgomery Improvement Association and lead one of the most mass civil rights protest and it was the first action taken to desegregate the Montgomery public bus system.”Dr. King felt that something needed to be done, so he followed the footstep of Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. King led protests against segregation, but he did this in a rational manner and without violence. During this protests Dr. King house was attacked, but this did not stop him from fighting for the African American right. The boycott of the Montgomery Bus lasted for about 382 days and on December 21, 1956 the Supreme Court of the United States had declared unconstitutional the laws requiring segregation on buses. This over turn of segregation caused many other African American to fight for their rights in places like school and job