Luther King Jr's Views On African American Culture

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Fenley Lamothe March, 2014 English Period 9-10 Slavery in the United States was the legal society that existed in the United States of America in the 17th to 19th centuries. Slavery had been adept in British North America from early colonial days, and was recognized in the Thirteen Colonies at the time of the United States' Declaration of Independence in 1776. After the Revolutionary War, abolitionist feeling slowly spread in the Northern states, while the quick expansion of the cotton industry from 1800 led to the Southern states strongly recognizing with slavery, and trying to extend it into the new Western territories. The United States was divided by slavery into slave and Free states along the Mason-Dixon Line. Slaves aren’t allowed…show more content…
had the ideology that was effective of the United States towards the African American Culture. Both had the same beliefs about civil rights. Both were two influential leaders who changed this nation tremendously by expressing their beliefs to the masses. Even though they both had similar messages concerning their beliefs, they were quite different, and went about their teachings two different ways. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. taught to love thy brother, and if provoked react, but do it peacefully. However, Malcolm X simply stated “We want freedom by any means necessary. We want justice by any means necessary. We want equality by any means necessary.” But to whom that has a more effective belief is Martin Luther King Jr. His belief and vision of America had more effect than Malcolm…show more content…
Do we still need to be alert in our pursuit of a more reasonable society? Well the supposedly civilian government has introduced reforms aiming for increased democratization and development, but the challenges are huge in a country characterized by serious and extensive human rights abuses. The international community has welcomed the changes and suspended most supports. Ongoing conflicts, weak institutions and corruption add to the risks. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 not only violated the Constitution and reduced individual liberty; it also failed to achieve its stated goals of promoting racial agreement and a color-blind society. Federal officials and judges cannot read minds to see if actions are driven by racism. Therefore, the only way the federal government could confirm an employer was not violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 was to ensure that the racial arrangement of a business’s staff matched the racial composition of a official or judge’s defined body of possible employees. Thus, officials began forcing employers to hire by racial share. Instead, these shares encouraged racial
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