Civil Rights Persuasive Speech

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It’s Justin, your beloved and most handsome grandson. How are you doing back home in California? Do you still drink your banana split smoothie in every day? Remember grandpa, it’s not good for your health if you drink it everyday, because at your age you need to watch what you eat. How’s grandma by the way grandpa? Can you tell her that I miss her alot and her delicious apple pie. I have some good news for you guys, I am coming back home really soon and I can’t wait to see you guys again. Anyway, you must be wondering how my life has been over the past few year in Texas. Well, let me tell you, it wasn’t great, but I manage to survive. Have you ever heard of the term Civil Rights? It basically mean that every citizens have the rights to political …show more content…

For example, I once heard about a lady name Jo Ann Gibson Robinson, she is African American. What I heard is that she refused to give up her seat on the bus because the bus driver ask her to move so a white person can sit down. Later on, she was arrested because she refused to give up her seat. The reason that I’m telling you this is because our people are being treated very badly and were not able to gain their rights. Did I tell you that I made a new friend? His name is James Meredith. He was one of my closest friend and was the first African to register for college in 1962. James is an Air Force veteran who won a federal case that allowed him to enroll in the all-white University of Mississippi. However, when he arrived on campus, he faced Governor Ross Barnett a Southern Democrats who supported racial segregation, who refused to let James register as a student. But a miracle happens to James when President Kennedy ordered federal marshal to escort James to the registrar’s office. Due to this event, a riots broke out on campus and two people die as a result. The reason why the riots happen is because of Governor Barnett who went on the radio and encourage the whites to never surrender and they should fight back. Life has been hard for most of us African Americans but we are still manage to fight back with all our heart and …show more content…

Grandpa, do you know who Martin Luther King and Malcolm X are? Well, they are both Civil Rights fighter to fight for what they believe in, in order to gain rights for their people. Martin Luther King was an African American Baptist minister and Malcolm X was a African American Muslim minister and human rights activist. I’m pretty sure that you think these two men both believe in the same ideas to end segregation but I would disagree with you on that. The reason why is because Martin Luther King was an integrationist, who wanted blacks and whites to work together towards a society in which all races got along together and mixed with one another as equals. On the other hand, Malcolm X wanted blacks to keep to themselves. He wanted them to have equal rights and to be economically strong just like King did. However, he wanted them to get those rights without white help and he did not think that cooperating with whites was a good things. I don’t know who you would support King or Malcolm X, but to me personally I would support Martin Luther King. The reason why is because I believe that everybody should come together and work as one in order to make our country stronger. If both side whites and blacks begin to hate each other and uses force instead of talking it out, it would lead to a very bad consequences. That is why I joined the SCLC, to continue on Martin Luther King idea of nonviolence against the whites. The SCLC is known as The Southern Christian Leadership

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