Martin Luther King Jr Inspiration

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Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. is a very inspirational man. He took role in one of the most important events in History. He lead to the Alabama Bus Boycott. He had the speech of
“ I Have A Dream”, The Letter from Birmingham Jail, and many more things.
Martin Luther King was born on January 15, 1929. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King was born not having any civil rights. He was African American, and as you may know, he didn’t have all the rights white people did. He couldn’t go to certain restaurants, he couldn’t shop in certain stores, he even couldn’t drink out of a certain water fountain. All we have today was different back then. Not everything that we have today was the same back then.
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It was on August 28, 1963. He had the famous “I Have A Dream” speech. The whole point of the march was for jobs and freedom. And also for political and social industries.But, the most important thing was the racialized things going on. Most African Americans didn’t have have jobs. Because they were African American, most of the white people thought they were unworthy, just because of their skin color. The Washington D.C. March was so big that, The Big Six organizers were watching. It was the largest demonstration ever taking history. There were 250,000 people. That’s a quarter million people! Hidden Marshalls were amongst the people. The congress knew about this march. And they thought that the African Americans were going to settle the problem with violence. They didn’t expect them to settle the problem with peace. They didn’t attack anyone, they just listened to whatever the speakers were saying. Many of the speakers had noteworthy speeches. One of the most noteworthy were John Lewis and Martin Luther King Jr. Martin had one of the most moving speeches in all time. Many musical performances had taken place. There was even an extensive television coverage. One of the longest things to air on T.V. at the time.(History.com)
The Letter from Birmingham Jail was written by Martin Luther King Jr. In April 12, 1963 King and 50 others were arrested. In April 16, 1963, while king was in jail he decided to write seminal texts of American Civil Rights Movement. King was not immediately bailed out of jail by supporters. The letter of Birmingham Jail is a very famous letter it was of 7,000 words. Four days later, on April 20, 1963, 1,000 children took part in the “Children’s Crusade”. A few months later it was published across the country. (Barbara

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