Martin Luther King Jr Accomplishments

Martin Luther King Jr. was a very prominent figure during the mid 1950’s. He was a Baptist minister and a social activist who led the civil rights movement (History). He organized a number of peaceful protests as head of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, including the March on Washington in 1963. One of his most remarkable and notable achievements is a speech that he gave on August 28th, 1963, famously known as “I Have a Dream”. It was a call for freedom and jobs for African Americans (NPR). Due to his works and his continued fight for equality he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964 (Civil Rights Digital Library). Dr. King fought for equality and peace among all people and races up until the day he was assassinated on April

The image depicted is representative of the greater demands for justice and equality made by the Civil Rights Movement. Hansberry promotes a more inclusive and equal society while offering disguised but caustic criticism of the rules that obstruct her character’s goals and conflicts, especially in the context of what society was like during the 1950’s. One of the things we see in society today that somewhat resembles what Martin Luther King was trying to accomplish back in the 1960’s is the Black Lives Matter movement. The Black Lives Matter movement was founded and really grew in 2013/2014 following the deaths of young African American men, Mike Brown and Travon Martin, both of these young men were shot by police officers (Mitchell). The Black Lives Matter organization and movement vows to fight and protest for equality for African Americans in the United States, UK, and even in Canada. Dr.King’s efforts during the civil rights movement have evolved into what we see in society today, although the BLM movement Dr.King was fighting for different things, they are both fighting for equality for African