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Equality and Peace: MLK

The Fight for Equality and Peace: Martin Luther King Jr

Jegede Oluwaseun Comfort

Contemporary History

Chamberlain College of Nursing

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Martin Luther King was a minister and leading activist during the twentieth century of the precise movement. He established himself as a rising star in the civil rights movement. With the civilian's rights demonstrations emerging all over the country, King advocated against “Inequality” and made use of nonviolent protest to support his views that regardless of race, there should be equality for all Americans. King risked his life severally during this movement for he had lot of people who were against him. King focused his campaign on what he saw as three significant challenges in America which were racism, poverty, and militarism. He became the face of the civil right. This paper will discuss how Martin Luther King Jr. contributed to the public rights movement, and the three significant aspects I would like to address is the “Montgomery Bus Boycott," his speech of “I have a dream," and his nonviolent social change.

The Montgomery Bus Boycott was the start of a civil rights movement for King because the experience and passion for cars that King had, gave him the credentials to become a leader in the three hundred and eighty-one-day Boy Scott of the city buses. December 20, 1956, the supreme court ruled segregated buses to be unconstitutional, which led to a significant victory for the course of the civil rights and proved King's nonviolent protest could yield a positive result. He delivered speeches that defined his civil rights movement, and one of those speech was "I have a dream," a statement with a particular meaning, he spoke about "change." He demonstrated how brilliant of a Leader he was, and this earned him so much respect. A lot of people were highly inspired through his fearlessness and eloquence ideas because they could feel his peaceful intentions. Lastly, King's use of nonviolent social change was a crucial factor in the success of the civil rights movement. He showed through his courage that he was prepared to give his life to the course of freedom.