How Did Martin Luther King Jr Influence Me

Martin Luther King, Jr., a Passionate Civil Rights Leader

Martin Luther King ,Jr. was born in in 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. He was a outstanding humanist and a leader of the African- American Civil Rights Movement. He is known for his speech "I Have a Dream,"which had the greatest impact on me from this class. Another work that influenced me is his “Letter from the Birmingham Jail.”

“I Have a Dream” and “Letter from Birmingham Jail” are the two works that had a immense impact on me. Martin Luther King work really has a great influence on me and reaches my heart, especially when he uses of the word “dream”. Dream is something very special and stunning and annihilating racism is described as a dream. In Martin Luther King's works he emphasizes

Furthermore, Dr. King was influenced by Mahatma Gandhi, who was another prominent pacifist. But “Duty of Civil Disobedience” by Henry David Therau had the most important influence on King's understandings and beliefs. During his whole life Dr. King acted driven by civil disobedience. His courage impacted people in the civil rights movement to rebel in a non-violent way. His speech still is an inspiration for many people today. King`s influence is passed down, as many people of this country still study it in school and find it of great importance. I am from Italy, a country where there is no racism and black citizens. However, I still feel the great impact this speech has on

Most people who have to stay in jail cannot handle it mentally and go weaker. However, this is not the case for Dr. King, he only became more tenacious. His letter, written in the jail, is a response to the eight white clergymen who accused King of being "unwise" and “untimely”. He instead explains that there is no time to wait. They oppressed have waited already too much: “In any nonviolent campaign there are four basic steps: (1) collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive; (2) negotiation; (3) self-purification; and (4) direct action. We have gone through all of these steps in Birmingham. There can be no gainsaying of the fact that racial injustice engulfs this community” (King, 2015).He writes that white people believet the lives of black people are worthles, which is unacceptables Every life is worth it.. Martin Luther King Jr. gives an ironic example: “when your first name becomes “nigger” and your middle name becomes “boy” (however how old you are) and your last name becomes “John”, and when your wife and mother are never given the respected title “Mrs.” (King ,2015). This shows that there is no respect for black people. The letter asserts that people have to fight against unjust laws and defend the method of nonviolent resistance. While there are just and unjust laws, people have to fight against the improper government system because this country was built upon the foundations of freedom.