Finlay MacKnight Introduction to Africana Studies Dr. VaNatta Ford 5/13/2024 Garnet, King Jr., and Turner: Voices of Liberation and Hope Religion and hope have unique connections to the civil rights movement as well as to contemporary Black Americans themselves, as both were used as symbols of perseverance, faith, and divine right during the most tumultuous times for Black Americans. While these two serve as the message that encapsulates hope, faith, and human rights, it is the people who convey these religious concepts and encourage quick and decisive action that truly create hope and faith through their rhetoric, and push the ideals of Black liberation, a religious school of thought regarding God as a figure who works to free oppressed African…show more content… Garnet furthers this prospective switch by raising up, societally, enslaved Black Americans. He shows them through his rhetoric that God is the only all-powerful, commanding presence, which raises their status to feel closer to that of their masters. This combination of outspoken disapproval and uplifting motivation aims to shift power to the slaves, who must understand that they have free will, as well as a moral duty to fight those oppressing their fellow Black Americans. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the most renowned civil rights figures in history, and the author and speaker of inspiring messages delivered across the United States during the 20th century. Dr. King Jr. is known for his peaceful protesting techniques like sit-ins and marches throughout the segregated Southern United States. Birmingham, Alabama was the location for sit-ins at lunch counters and marches, all of which were peaceful. During a protest in 1963, the police turned dogs and firehoses on the protestors, jailing hundreds of supporters, including school
