Benefit African American Education

The more educated people are, the better their chances at achieving the American Dream, and integration is essential in creating equal opportunities for all children within public school systems. People with an education have a larger income, have a better chance of earning the respect of fellow citizens, and are more likely to get jobs. Knowledge is power, and many young people living in the Projects are intelligent and full of submerged potential, but they live in a place where it is an achievement just to graduate from high school. They have lost the hope that was alive and thriving during the life of their grandparents, when Martin Luther King was a beacon of hope. The children in the projects might have low expectations for their

Equality will benefit African-Americans, and leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., and Nikole Hannah-Jones did everything they could to achieve equality for their race, but their efforts have not been successful. Many white people fear African- Americans and make excuses to separate their children from children of a different race, as seen in a town where Nikole Hannah-Jones documented the resistance a white community toward African-American children coming into their school system (after their schools were deemed unfit to educated children at a decent standard). The parents claimed the new additions would lower their test scores, increase violence, and be detrimental to their child’s education, but none of their fears came me true after integration was initiated. The parents were forced to cooperate, and once they did, dozens of young people were given an opportunity to a high level education and, with it, a chance to elevate their lives. African-American civil rights leaders tenaciously work for the rights of their race, but their efforts are being shut down, and it will take more than a few people in power to change the world. In short, it will take the full cooperation of every American citizen and the full acceptance of African-Americans within

People with an education have a larger income, have a better chance of earning the respect of fellow citizens, and are more likely to get jobs. Knowledge is power, and many young people living in the Projects are intelligent and full of submerged potential, but they live in a place where it is an achievement just to graduate from high school. They have lost the hope that was alive and thriving during the life of their grandparents, when Martin Luther King was a beacon of hope. The children in the projects might have low expectations for their future, but holding on to hope and fierce determination is the only way they will leave their lives of poverty. Martin Luther King, Jr., emphasized, "I say to you today, my friends, that in spite of the difficulties and frustrations of the moment, I still have a dream" (King Jr.). King preached hope, but he was assassinated soon after his popular speech, his children never lived the life they deserve, and neither do his great grandchildren. Hope is insubstantial with attendant action. People should not forget the fire that was beneath them when they first discovered the horrible conditions African-Americans lived with during the time of Martin Luther King, Jr., or of the situation of African-Americans in the ghetto today. Positive