I'm sure you've all heard of civil rights movements, well here's in memorial to one of the greatest civil rights activists in all of history in which we all still praise and remember today. Martin Luther King Jr. was an extraordinary man that changed the course of human history. King was unbelievably intelligent since an early age. He graduated when was only fifteen years old and earned his bachelor's degree at the early age of nineteen! What a role model! He was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1992 and was born with the name Michael Luther King, Jr. He had strong influences from both his father and grandfather which were both Baptist ministers. This played an important role in King's life, which then leads him to his profession of becoming the twentieth pastor of the Dexter Baptist Church. His experience and passion lead him to become the leader in the 381 day boycott of the city buses. Due to King's passion, perseverance, and dedication the Supreme Court ruled ,on December 20,1965, that segregated buses were unconstitutional. King gave an inconceivably historical speech, the one and only, "I Have A Dream" speech. "I am happy to join with you in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation," states King as he made history just like he said he would. There is a lot of empowering language and just the way King delivers his speech is truly inspirational. It makes me look at the way people stand up for what they believe in today and how this incredible man did. I feel like people today stand up for their beliefs in a way that doesn't make others want to support them, matter of fact it makes others want to go against what they say and this creates chaos and mayhem in our neighborhood, our country, our society, and even our nation. I believe if we as the people of America, can just do and replicate what King did on the twenty eighth of August in 1963, we could achieve everything that we as a country believe in. Martin Luther King delivers this speech so well that he makes a change. If people would follow King's example of moving a crowd, not rioting, of inspiring, not beating, of making history, not doing something that you'll regret and not even getting your point across; we would actually be able to make a change. We would cash that check that King, so divinely, refers to of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" of being able to "walk the earth as brothers and sisters". There may not be much of segregation of race and color today, but there is segregation of how you look, what you wear, what you like, and of who you are and who you hang out with. This is a shameful thing among the "United States of America", I don't know about you but the word united doesn't mean separate, it means together. So I challenge you today to make a change in your neighborhood or even at your school to stand up for the segregation you see.
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