MLK

Martin Luther King
Martin Luther king Jr was the first black leader to be peaceful in his approach to the confrontation with racist’s whites. Unlike earlier black leaders who where mostly violent in there approach towards the white people, Martin Luther king Jr thought that the peaceful approach was better, and it was. This peaceful approach helped the movement of civil rights because it helped to show that the black people were not dangerous or were not going to harm the white people in anyway. As a child Martin Luther King Jr was raised as a catholic and was highly religious. He was restricted in many ways because he was ‘black’ or ‘impure’. He had white friends that he used to play with but he was not allowed to sit with them on the bus or at the movies. He was also treated badly on the bus where he was sworn at, abused and was forced to give up his seat and to stand up. Martin Luther King wanted to become a doctor or lawyer, but decided to help the black community. With the influences of others such as Howard Thurman, the leader of the civil rights movement was a major influence in Martin’s life. He was determined to achieve the freedom of black people in a non-violent approach, and Ghandi, who achieved peace in India with non-violent activism inspired him to do so. **//“We are determined to be men, we are determined to be people. We are saying that we are God’s children. And being God’s children, we do not have to live the way we are forced to live.” – “It means that we have to stay together”// –** Martin Luther King Jr – Mountain top speech. African Americans of that era were treated as lesser people, sometimes not even people. Martin Luther King Jr tried to fix that. With his non-violent approach, Dr. King tried to right the wrongs, and see the world and it’s people as equal. With Martin Luther’s non-violent approach, He stood out compared to other African American Activists, such as the Black Panthers. Martin Luther was praised for his encouraging speeches and talks. Such as this one: media type="youtube" key="PbUtL_0vAJk" height="344" width="425" //**"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal." I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the colour of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today!" **//  Martin Luther King Jr dreamed of one day having a black president. President elect Barack Obama has just been elected for presidency. "Forty-five years ago Martin Luther King had a dream of an America where men and women would be judged not on the colour of their skin but on the content of their  character . Today, what America has done is turn that dream into a reality," Australian prime minister told the press after Obama was elected for presidency. 