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It was Authored by Brian Hopper, Julie Hennessey, Kay Corselets, Deborah Henderson ND Max Quench. Purpose: the purpose of this textbook was to be a historical resource for history students studying modern history. Value: this resource is a valuable one as it has a variety of both primary and secondary sources as well as detailed descriptions of events Limitations: I do not think this resource has any limitations, as it is highly detailed and covers a wide range of events The Autobiography of Martin Luther King Origin: the orally of thee resource Is Intellectual Properties Management In Claymore.
Purpose: it was written to give a primary account of Kings life Value: this resource is a valuable way to see the way that King thought of his life and to get first- hand accounts of his experiences Limitations: the limitations of this source are that it only presents Kings view so they are bias even though primary, as well as that Claymore edited it so the information could have been changed Good afternoon retrospective audience, my topic for this speech of the struggles of individuals and groups in the CRM of America from the asses-ass, is Martin Luther King.
As he was a key persona in the early Civil Rights Movement and was successful in creating positive change in African American life. I will argue and prove that this statement is true based on his involvement in the civil rights movement in Montgomery and how it increased his public awareness. I will also talk about the March on Washington and the I Have A Dream speech. NEXT SLIDE Martin Luther King was born on January 15th 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia.
He was named after his father, Michael, who was the pastor of the Benzene Baptist Church of Atlanta but both he and his father changed their names to Martin. His grandfather started the family’s tenure at the church and Martin Jar, Senior and his grandfather all worked in the church. According to Jennifer Rosenberg, an academic from the university of California, “As a Baptist minister, he was a moral leader to the community. Plus, he was charismatic and had a powerful way of speaking. He was also a man of vision and determination.
He never stopped dreaming of what could be. ” (Rosenberg J. https://history sass. About. Com/CSS/unrelentingly/a/ milkshakes. Tm 24/04/13) Martin was subjected quite early to racial discrimination, recanting in his autobiography that he had a friend at the age of six with whom he used to play with but was told that he was no longer allowed to play with the friend n account of his being black and the friend being white. This was the first time, according to King, that he had ever been close to any racial issues, “I had never been conscious of it before…
I was greatly shocked” (Carson C. https://milk- kappa . Stanford. Deed/index. PH/kingmakers/article/chapter_l _early_years/ Chapter 1 – Early Years 30/04/13). From then on Martin was at war with himself, wanting to hate the white man for the discrimination but being told by his parents that it was his duty as a Christian to love him. The Montgomery Bus Boycott was not only of importance to King in growing the publics awareness of ending African American injustice, but also because of an incident that had happened to him when he was younger.
While in higher education, King took part in an Oratorical competition after which he and a close African American teacher, Mrs.. Bradley, were seated on the way back to Atlanta when two white passengers boarded the bus and the driver demanded that they move. They had not moved fast enough to suit the driver who began cursing at them. “it was the angriest I have ever been in my life” -King (Carson C. https://milk-kappa . Stanford. Deed/ index. PH/kingmakers/article/chapter_l _early_years/ Chapter 1 – Early Years 0/04/13).
So when he was working as a pastor in Montgomery and talks of a bus boycott emerged, King was eager to Join the effort as he was able to connect with Rosa Parks’ story. He actively Joined the campaign, which was said to be the ordinance preventing blacks from sitting with the whites on city busses and required them to move if they were already sitting and a white person wanted their seat. On Thursday December 1st 1955, a 42 year old seamstress named Rosa Parks, while on her way home from work, was told to move from her chair.
She did not move, and was consequently Jailed for her disobedience of the state law. When King gave his speech on December 5th 1955, it marked the start of the one day boycott of the cities busses. Where the African American people, who comprised about 75% of bus users, would not travel on the bus. The success of the one day boycott sparked another that would go on for 382 days and along with Rosa Parks, Martin Luther King, was seen as a figure head of this movement. The Demands of the Boycotter were 3 seemingly harmless things to us now, 1 .
The courteous treatment of clack passengers from white drivers 2. The seating of all passengers on a first-come first-served basis 3. The employment of black drivers in predominantly black neighborhood But to the bus owners, they were seen as a way to demean the white people to a lower class. King recounted of an oratorical competition he competed in in his higher studies, where he presented a speech on “The Negro and the Constitution” which he went on to win, which was the first time he’d ever publicly spoken on African American rights.