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Martin Luther King Jr Research Paper

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It’s a sunny day in the late 1960's and a vibrant blue ford mustang has just cruised past as you glance down at your freshly printed newspaper. It headlines ‘King shot to death in Memphis’. He was assassinated on the balcony of the motel he was staying at only 39 years old. Scanning the friendly African-American man’s face whom you don’t recognise you realise you should definitely get out more. Because that man which you were staring at was the legend Martin Luther King… *slide change* Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister but the reason why every third Monday of January is Martin Luther King jr. day is because of the work he did as a social activist in the mid-1950's up until his death. King was initially recognised when he led the …show more content…

The court hearing proceeding the ‘crime’ was spread out over a period of 381 days and saw a significant outcome. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that segregation on public buses was unconstitutional, which made the whole protest a huge success. The first major success of Martin Luther …show more content…

A fighting question is what if Martin Luther king Jr. never graced this earth? What would today's world look like? Would anything have changed? Would racism and segregation still be as dominate and disgusting as it was in the 50's? Would those people of colour still have no rights? Or would someone Martin Luther King like never appear? It is a disheartening image to picture. Without Martin Luther King these thoughts cloud have been a shameful reality. Thankfully he was born and made such a vast impact on society through his work mentioned previously that we don't have to worry about these concepts, even though racism is still a very large issue today. Martin Luther king brought attention to how poorly and revolting black people were being treated and how badly they were discriminated against. He made change happen. Between the Montgomery Bus boycott to his iconic 'I have a dream' speech to his assassination and everything in-between he had the ability to morph the world into a better place and that he did. Does this clarify any part of the

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