Martin Luther King Jr Accomplishments

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In today's society it is crucial for people to care more about others instead of being self-centered and selfish, for instance if civil right leader Martin Luther King Jr. wasn't concerned with the future of black people, segregation would still be poisoning the minds of many and there wouldn't be a military willing to protect the country of domestic and foreign threats. Martin Luther King Jr. is a paragon to civil rights activists; he put his life in danger many times in order to fight white supremacy. He fought for equality using peaceful methods and still he was hated by many. His reason for fighting wasn't in the present, but in the future generations of America. In his famous speech, "I had a Dream", King said "I had a dream,