“We will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends”, Martin Luther King Jr. was a man of civility and peace. Dr. King had a dream of changing the world, even if he didn’t have all mankind to back him up. He strongly believed in his moral beliefs, that all men are created equal. Martin was big on civility. He refused to accept the laws that he thought were unjust.
In the essay, “In Defense of Prejudice”, by Jonathan Rauch, he defines the position opposite to his own as “purism”. He states that the public does not know enough about the term and it has yet to be properly identified. Rauch states that “purism” cannot be justified without the traces of prejudice to be completely removed from society, but that prejudice will never be removed from society due to continuous perceptions that people have. Throughout the essay Rauch defines purism, and it can be attained that the public does not know what pluralism is, what it means to be politically correct, and what society really is without constant prejudice. In this essay, those concepts will be explored with Rauch’s position on them, and what he believes.
Analysis of “I Have a Dream” and “Letter to Birmingham Jail” In the “Letter to Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King addresses the criticisms and objections that the white clergymen had made towards his and his affiliated organization’s efforts in trying to end segregation and achieve his and his people’s birth right: the right to be free through nonviolent means. Through the “I Have a Dream Speech” King speaks to his supporters and as well as to the entire nation to make them be fully aware of the injustices they are facing and through this make them stand up to those injustices. Both “Letter to Birmingham Jail” and “I Have a Dream Speech” have the same underlying meaning however. That way too long have the black community been treated wrongly. That way too long have the black nation been “judged by the color of their skin rather than the content of their character (King 815)” and therefore it is time for them to rise and stand up for their rights.
His strong beliefs in god made him a person that wanted to apply his knowledge to created solutions and endings to this world of hates between black and white communities in the United States. After he finished college he became a pastor full of passion to fight with courage against the injustice. He created a six point keys that became his Philosophy that helped to encourage everyone to defend their civil rights. The first point talked about nonviolence and manipulation of making believe the other person that he is the one that is in the wrong side, with love and patience this point became very important. Secondly, was formed after Rosa Parks refused to give her sit to a white man giving segregation to Alabama.
Visualizing an infallible government, free of harm, fault, and malfunction Thoreau was a true transcendentalist. Vindicating nonviolent actions, civil disobedience is bluntly defined as “refusal to obey civil laws in an effort to induce change in governmental policy or legislation”. Martyrs like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. also believed and preached their own theories on civil disobedience. Having distinct motives for advocating civil disobedience, Mahatma Gandhi wanted to stop the South African government
Winthrop wanted to establish this Utopian community in the New World because of the lack of the ability to truly practice their religion in England. However, in trying to force everyone in community to adhere to the Puritan beliefs, Winthrop’s society fell victim to the same problems that caused his people to leave England in the first place. There was the hope by Winthrop that everyone would buy into the Puritan beliefs and create a wonderful community that would be the envy of all in England. As a result, he believed that others there would see the Puritan way was the best and then reform. The difficulty in this concept is that it ignores free will, and the fact that not everyone thinks alike.
He is another character who reinforces the idea that a persons conscience must do whats right and stand against injustice and John Proctor does this too. However reverend Hale not only stood against the court but he stood against the church. His moral courage is also apart of the plays theme of right and wrong, good and evil and Arthur Millar also wrote the book during the McCarthy era for people who would not stand up to
“Herald Jr.” According to Merriam-Webster Dictionary, the definition of a herald is one who goes before or announces the coming of another, kind of like a forerunner. But after I read Martin Luther King’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail”, my definition of a herald is someone who strongly advocates a issues and doesn’t give up until his dream or hope come true even if death is the solution to get people understand it, sort of like non-religious martyr. Martin Luther King is a Christian herald because he puts his life on the line so that (African-American people) could live in peace and not segregated from the rest of society, just like Jesus did for all people on the cross so that we could enter the gates of Heaven and our sins could be repented by God. Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the most important leaders of the American Civil Rights Movement. Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister in Alabama who held of one the leadership like roles available to African-America people during a time of struggle.
Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X had two different methods on how to effectively bring about change in the civil rights movement. To begin, King was adamant that the only way to bring the two societies together was through non-violence (Penrice “Martin…”). He became more persistent with this idea in 1950 when he was sparked by the philosophy of Mahatma Gandhi. King found that Gandhi’s teachings jelled with his own Christian beliefs (specifically the biblical philosophy to “turn the other cheek” and “love your enemies”), as well as his intolerance for racial injustice…King became convinced that a philosophy based on love could succeed as a “powerful and effective social force on a large scale” and adopted the philosophy of nonviolent direct action. (Penrice “Martin…”) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was extremely effective in bringing the white and black societies together in a peaceful manner.
They did not want to be under a dictatorship type of power as they were before. A lot of the states were afraid the government could become too powerful therefore the Bill of Rights was adopted in 1791. One issue in the original Constitution was slavery. It was not mentioned initially in the Constitution, but the freed slaves had a right to vote, but still wasn’t allowed to. Therefore an amendment was needed so they could participate in this right.