Martin Luther King Jr Research Paper

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Anthony Arredondo Mr.Bunton English 1 19 April 2024 The Legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. “For 382 days, King and the black community maintained the boycott while white officials from the city and the bus line resisted their modest demands.”("Martin Luther King, Jr. Contemporary)” This is what Martin Luther King Jr. did in order to protest civil rights. He did this for a whole year and never gave up on what he believed in. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a remarkable man who showed leadership, integrity, education, and respect.

Dr. King was a remarkable man who showed leadership. “For 382 days, King and the black community maintained the boycott while white officials from the city and the bus line resisted their modest demands.”("Martin Luther
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I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we, as a people, will get to the promised land.”("Martin Luther King, Jr.." Britannica School).He's saying that he's seen the vision everyone wants and promises that it’ll happen. Even if he's not there, he wants his people to see the promised land.“The unalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” ("Martin Luther King, Jr." Contemporary). He’s saying that all these things that he’s listing will come true. He wants everyone to follow the pursuit of happiness and have a good future. Another thing Dr. King was remarkable for was that he had a great education.“King spent the next three years at Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania, where he became acquainted with Mohandas Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence as well as with the thoughts of contemporary Protestant theologians”("Martin Luther King, Jr.." Britannica School). Other than being a civil rights activist, King had an amazing education. He has always had amazing intelligence.”He was elected student-body president, was valedictorian of his class, won a prize as outstanding student, and earned a fellowship for graduate study”("Martin Luther King, Jr." Contemporary). He was an amazing student and stood out from everyone in his class. Amazing role model for people is how I would describe …show more content…
King was a remarkable man who had great respect. In the years after his death, King remained the most widely known African American leader of his era. Martin Luther King, Jr., Britannica School. He had gained the respect from everyone around him that supported him. He helped lead blacks out of racism and they will respect him for doing that even after his death.”On August 28, 1963, an interracial assembly of more than 200,000 gathered peaceably in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial to demand equal justice for all citizens under the law"(Martin Luther King, Jr. Salem Press Biographical Encyclopedia). People wanted to listen and come support him for what he's trying to do and the fact he gathered 200,000 people together says a lot. All I'm saying is that Martin Luther King Jr. was an amazing civil rights leader. King helped lead the dream he and everyone else wanted and it worked out in the end just like he