Essay On Martin Luther King Letter From Birmingham Jail

In 1963, African Americans were fighting to gain the same equal rights as White Americans. As we live in 2017 our society have come a long way from 1963, but we still have a long way to go. Even in 2017 prejudices and racism still exist in our society. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr “Letter from a Birmingham Jail,” & his "I Have A Dream" speech still means a great deal to us as it did over 50 years ago.
2017 makes 54 years since Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr has wrote his “Letter from Birmingham Jail” and his words are still significant in our day in time as it was 54 years ago. Dr. King wrote the letter to respond to several clergymen who had written an open letter criticizing the actions in birmingham and calling him an outsider.King wanted to explain to the men he wasn't an outsider coming to start trouble. He explain he is the president of the The Southern Christian Leadership Conference that's based out of Atlanta but has several locations throughout South, and he was invite Birmingham. He felt he had a moral responsibility, to speak up about the injustice that was happen in Birmingham.When Dr. King made the statement

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”( Dr. Martin Luther King Jr) He’s saying even if something not affecting you personally you have to still speak up about the problem. Dr. King wasn't just fighting for African Americans, but for humanity. Many americans are still facing threats to their basic right. African Americans, LGBTQ community, and Muslim Americans right are still under fire.A recent example of discrimination against the LGBTQ community is President Trump believe transgender shouldn’t be allowed in the United State Military. I feel the government are moving the country back in time. These type of situations is the reason Dr. King fought so hard to change.

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Martin Luther King Jr “I have a dreams” speech is one of the most powerful speech given in the last 100 years. I believe King strongest message from the speech was "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." (King).King I have a dream speech help changed many laws that were target against african americans in this country for the better. King didn’t mind confronting issues that contain to racial injustice. He knew the only way to make things change was to speak out about the discrimination minorities experience everyday. If it wasn’t for king “ I have a Dream” speech, we wouldn’t have elected our country first African American President. In that moment most american felt that Dr. king dream had finally came

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I am a young African American man , who have experience racial discrimination several time in my life. The first time I can remember my racial experience was when I was a 10 at a summer camp. I was the only black kid in the entire camp. That summer I received several letters that told me to go back home to my black mama, you don’t belong here, and they even went as far as them knocking down my tent several times. In the moment I realized racial still exist in our society. Even though racism still exist in our society, without King powerful letter and speech we wouldn’t have several rights today. 46 years after king standing up about injustice we as a country elected our first African American president. We have came a long way as a nations ,but still have a long way to go.