Martin Luther King Jr. Case

"A True Inspiration"

Inspired by the belief that love and peaceful protest could eliminate social injustice, Martin Luther King, Jr., became one of the most outstanding black leaders in the United States. He aroused interest of whites and blacks alike to protest racial discrimination, poverty, and war. He demonstrated his values, his character, and just how big his heart was in his most powerful speech ever his, "I Have a Dream" speech he delivered in Washington, D.C. in nineteen sixty-three. He used a metaphor and said, "America has given the Negro a bad check, which has come back marked 'insufficient funds". Meaning that America promised hope to millions of Negro slaves; that they would live as equals among everyone, but one hundred years later they are still living in a world where the citizens of color are persecuted every day. However Dr. King refused to let people give up hope that freedom and equality was within the nation's grasp.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood up in front of thousands and thousands of people and said, ''I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of it's creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal." He told his audience that America as a whole was wrong and the American society needed to change. He put his safety and his life in danger to fight for what he believed in. He was not just any man; he was a black man that fought for equality in a time where the black man was in danger of speaking his mind. He was a black man in nineteen sixty-three that had the courage to look America in the eye and demand justice for each of God's children, no matter the color of their skin. This is a true example of what real values are.

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character", said Martin Luther King Jr. He truly believed that this nation would eventually be blind to color and one day everyone would walk hand in hand towards the same goals. He believed that character was what made a person and not what they looked like. He was a man of God and spoke what he believed no matter the cost. He was also a man who had been a victim of discrimination, and put in danger because of his race. Who are we to judge people by the color of their skin and not what makes people who they truly are, their character? Who are we to judge people at all? Character was what made the person to him and he displayed that in