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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: The Evolution Of African American Civil Rights

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Asha Harris
World Civilization II
Professor Stephan Magu
Nov 12, 2017
The Evolution of African American Rights
Introduction
The late Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “We must learn to live together as brothers or we will perish together as fools,” the process of living together as brothers starts with having equal rights and the rights for African Americans have progressed immensely throughout the years. African Americans first came into America as enslaved Africans with no rights whatsoever. These people were dragged out of their homes and were forced to work for people who treated them like inhumane creatures. Africans had no rights in America; they weren’t even seen as citizens. In fact, they were not considered African Americans until …show more content…

Rosa was just one of the many Civil Rights activist that played a major role in African Americans gaining their rights. Two very prominent activists in the Civil rights movement are before mentioned the late Martin Luther King Jr. and the late Malcom X. Although they had two completely different approaches to the issues they were facing they both helped extend African Americans rights. Following the belief of Muhamad Ghandi Martin Luther King Jr. believed in the non-violence approach. Whereas Malcom X believed in having a forward approach to the issues rather than non-violence but taking violent actions. Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X were assassinated while working on their missions to get better rights for African …show more content…

African American today Know the set backs and know what is needing to be done to gain the equal rights. Discrimination today is not as prominent as it was when Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks and Malcom X were fighting for rights. Even though the times are different the fight is still the same fight for equal rights for all. When the first African American President Barak Obama was running for office there was a change African Americans felt like they had a chance to make a big change and they felt like their vote mattered. The voter turnout in 2008 by African American was up 55% than the before election in 2004. The election of Barak Obama shifted the African American turnout in many political standing. In recent times the rights of African Americans have been challenged and lives have been stripped away from innocent African Americans. The simple civil rights to life liberty and the pursuit of happiness have been stripped away from so many African Americans today in the United

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