Mlk Jrd Research Paper

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Growing up was unfair for MLK JR. He and every other african american citizen had been treated unfairly. They had been segregated and hated, but why? They only difference is their skin color, their all the same on the inside. MLK knew that it was wrong to have segregation. He wanted his voice to be heard so that people knew he was as good as anyone else. When he was younger a store keepers children had played and hung out with MLK JR. But then all of a sudden hated them because they then understood segregation and said they couldn’t be seen with them because they were black. That had just been a slight ignition of his anger. When he was around fifteen and traveled to a statewide competition him and his teacher were forced to give up their …show more content…

He had felt that they had no right to make them give up their seats and yet they did. As he grew older he thought about being a doctor but then he thought about being a lawyer. Then by his senior year he wanted to be a minister. His father was so happy he had him preach sermons and made him assistant preacher. But he didn’t want to follow so close in his father's footsteps. He really wanted to have his voice be heard and to make the statement that he is as good as anyone. He went to Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester Pennsylvania, and they showed him new challenging ways to think about religion and its role in modern life. He would stay up all night reading about it and graduated first in his classes. When he went to boston he met a woman named Coretta Scott who he instantly knew he wanted to marry. When the time came he had to make a decision to either stay in the North or go to the South. He didn’t know what to do since Coretta wanted to be a singer and wanted to stay in the North because she would have a better chance. He made the decision to go back to the South when The African American Community asked the “soft-spoken preacher” to help lead them in protest. Since everything he had been through and seen