Dr. King The Critical Moment That Created The Leader
...first was sparked by the arrest of Rosa Parks on December 1, 1955, the Montgomery bus boycott was an eleven-month mass protest that ended with the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that public bus segregation was unconstitutional. The Montgomery Improvement Association coordinated the boycott, and its president, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., became a prominent civil rights leader as international attention focused on the injustice in Montgomery. The bus boycott demonstrated the potential for nonviolent mass protest to successfully challenge racial segregation and served as an example for other campaigns that would follow. The second critical moment was The Poor People March on Washington, D. C. I believe that Dr. King covers all of this nation’s people in his speech. Martin King spoke to 250,000 black and white people demanding equal justice. Martin’s message was not confrontational, but instead emphasized racial reconciliation through non-violent means. King made a reasonable argument that appealed to people with different viewpoints. He made an impact on everyone including myself. I was nine years old at that time being educated in a segregated school system. King’s impact ranged from the frustrated, discriminated African American to the white American who did not view segregation as a moral injustice, but still thought it was unfair. King took a stand and spoke the words that every black American wanted to say but never did. He spoke free and loud about all the injustices his people had suffered.
The differences between Dr. King’s role(s), character, and personality and mine’s is that children and most young adults need today is an inspirational leader who has been where they are currently in life and who understands their view(s) of life. I think of myself as that leader; like the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. As a minister, Dr. King used his words as power,...
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