We were determined to do something and prove it. If you are determined, you can overcome your fears and then change the world. The Selma movement was a kids movement. We didn’t know it at the time. But we were making history. . .
In 1987, PBS started airing a fourteen-hour documentary series on the civil rights movement called Eye on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Movement. The purpose of this series was to inform the public about the civil rights movement from 1954 -1985. In episode six, “The Bridge to Freedom” the series turns it focus onto Selma, Alabama right before the death of Lee Jackson. The documentary which is based on primary sources including both images and interviews of SLCC leaders, SNCC leaders, personal friends of Martin Luther King Jr., supporters of segregation, and television reporters give a broad over view of the events in Selma from a plethora of perspectives.
In the movie Selma we look back at the 1965 campaign by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (David Oyelowo, as played on the movie) to have equal voting rights for African-Americans. That political battle was waged in the deep south, where King organized marches from the town of Selma
The two movies, “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” and “Selma” are outstanding in their own perspective. The movie “Guess Who's Coming to Dinner” was based on a woman, Joanna Drayton, an extroverted woman and a man, John Prentice, a black doctor become engaged in a time period, 1960s, where civil right movement was at peak and racial equality was a national topic with different personal views and ideas about the situation. On the other hand, “Selma” depicts the movement to secure equal voting rights by Martin Luther King Jr. through his march from Selma to Montgomery in 1965. Even though both movies were exemplifying the same time period of 1960s, they have a different method in filmmaking. In common terms, the movies that are released in the past decade has been more concentrated toward digital processing and editing however the movie made in 1960s had seldom reach to digital editing and processing.
The four basic steps in campaign nonviolence by Martin Luther King are negotiation, self-purification, direct action and perception of the facts to determine if injustice is alive. On the Selma movie it is beautiful, the injustice abuse of those times found in African races loss of their human rights family love!! But being a little more accurate this film from my analytical point presents the struggle for civil rights as a political game calculated to the millimeter. No lack of ideological and strategic discussions that enhance the speech of social change Martin Luther King, whose pragmatic dye is manifested not only in scenes discussion with his colleagues and opponents (the talks with President Lyndon Johnson are remarkable for the intelligence
In conclusion the issue at hand wouldnt of happened without the help of the issues faced in Selma. If LBJ didnt take action there most likely of been another civil war. Because if the goverment wont take action that means the people
Martin Luther King Jr. inexplicably opened the eyes of Americans across the nation with his role in the movement and his use of resonating imagery, excellent emotional appeal, powerful voice, and evocation of logic in his “I Have a Dream” speech. With such an enthralling rhetoric he gained a vast amount of support and exponentially increased the pride in standing up for what’s righteous and just. Exemplifying the throes of being a colored person, King evoked sympathy whilst simultaneously applying the valid logic that no human should be subjected to lesser standards. His rhetoric wholly changed American history that day and thus conveyed his ability to maintain equanimity throughout all of the
Achieving power is essential, but how one gains power is just as imperative to sustaining it. This theme is acutely underscored in Shakespeare's Macbeth and Ava DuVernay's Selma. Both Macbeth and M.L.K. steer down different paths in the pursuit of power. Violence, treacherous acts, and sinful deeds mark Macbeth's movement, leading to him becoming the architect of his demise; in contrast, Martin Luther King led a movement marked by peace, idealism, and aspirations that built a better future not only for King but accomplished incredible feats for the African American community. By comparing and contrasting methods of maintaining power, the support received by each movement, and the movement's effectiveness, it is explicitly displayed that nonviolent
This movie did a great job of showing how certain society’s work, races such as African Americans, Hispanics, and Persians/Asians were being treated wrong in the movie, and it displays the sociological concepts.
Sometimes ideas of a bright individual, such as M. L. King may run ahead of time. Society might not be able to perceive and react adequately to progressive ideas at that time. But times change, and eventually people realize what the right thing to do is. I should admit that Martin Luther King’s words that “the day of men as men”, whether black or white, should come, caught my attention. His speeches that I heard in this movie impressed me by their sincerity and dedication to his own race, but at the same time respect for the white.
There have been many movements in the United States in which African Americans have been the focal point for example the Selma March, the March on Washington, the civil rights movement, and even today the Black Lives Matter movement. Those movements have had a significant impact on the United States and still play a part in today’s society. Those movements still play a part in today’s society because without those movements there wouldn’t be a Black Lives Matter because African Americans wouldn’t have the courage to stand up a fight for their rights if it wasn’t for Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks, or the many other activists that stood up for African-American rights. Selma and the March on Washington share a big relationship to the Black Lives Matter and they are just as important to the civil rights movement.
On August 28th, 1963, Martin Luther King Jr gave us one of one of the most rhetorically moving speeches ever given. Titled as the “I Have a Dream Speech,” he read this speech to the “March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom”. As a civil right mover he gave this great speech to all Americans (black and white) so that he could give off the idea of equality on the same level. Because of his crowd of mix races King made sure to make his speech imploring to all no matter what the race that they may be. He uses metaphorical imagery, powerful diction,and symbolism to create an impact on the audience.
This march was watched by millions of Americans and through this march, many whites saw just how cruel the blacks were treated. King organized another march on the same bridge that Bloody Sunday took place, and in this march hundreds of whites traveled to Selma to participate in the march. Another example of the movie portraying history right is when we see Johnson giving his famous “we shall overcome” speech, when confirming the equality between black and
Although the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, took place in the 1930s, it ties closely into the Civil Rights Movement. This novel displayed the obvious superiority whites had over blacks. It took place during a time when colored people faced discrimination, prejudice, and racism. When the book was published in the 1960s, it made whites furious, resulting in a lot of controversy. Harper Lee had a goal when writing, she wanted to show the relation between actual events that happened during the civil rights and incorporate it into her own novel to show how cruel colored people were treated, specifically when whites accused blacks of doing sinful acts.
An apology is a formal admission of a person who had wronged others and had felt sorry for it. “Oh, I apologize for ….” It’s true that sentence with the word ‘apologize’ are always ubiquitous in our daily lives. We have realized that there is a need to apologize when something we are responsible for goes wrong unexpectedly; moreover, the word ‘sorry’ has become one of the most commonly used words by people from different races and cultures. A genuine apology is one of the most intense interactions between people.
