Martin Luther King Letter From Birmingham Jail

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15, 1929. In his young years he went to a segregate public school. He received a B.A. degree from Morehouse College in Atlanta, Ga. Dr. King followed his father and grandfather path when came to education. When he got older he had been a part of leadership for the civil rights movement. The civil right movement was taken place from December 1955 to April 1968. Throughout his leadership he ended segregation for all African Americans in the United States. In 1964, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famous speech “I Had a Dream” became a Nobel Peace Prize Lecture and along with “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” He also was known as the Man of the Year for 1963. Then he receives an award about $54,000 at the

Martin Luther King Jr. was a part of the civil rights movement because he believed that everybody was equal no matter what color they were. Dr. King did not mind going to jail because he know he was doing the right thing for his country. That’s when he wrote, “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” While he was sitting in jail he made some good points telling the people why he in jail. In the letter he stated, “When I was suddenly catapulted into leadership of the bus protest in Montgomery, Alabama a few years ago, I felt we would be supported by the by the white church.” (Africa.upenn.edu) I believed that he knew some white ministers would help them with their freedom but instead they did not want to take a part of it. Another part of his letter stood out had stated, “And I have watched many churches commit themselves to a completely other worldly religion which makes a strange, un-biblical, distinction between body and soul, between the scared and the secular” (Africa.upenn.edu). He believed everybody is the same and that God made them equal. We all sisters and brothers even though we do not all look alike. Dr. King wanted everyone to be treated the same and not different because of their color of their

King’s attitude in I Have a Dream speech was determining because he wanted freedom for all African Americans. In his speech he stated, “Now is the time to make justice a reality for all of God’s children.”(Archives.gov) we all are God children no matter what color our skin, he created us all the same. What stood out the most in his speech was, “one day right there in Alabama little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.”(archives.gov) the children do not deserve to be treated like this. During that time the children did know what was going on why they could not play with the white kids or go to school with them. Some colored kids wanted to go the white school because of better education and some wanted to be friends with them just like the little girl name Rudy Bridges. They all need to play together because we all are sister and brothers. The children will learn better from other children. No child should be treated any different or