Martin Luther King Jr

Martin Luther King was an activist who fought for the rights of African Americans. He was the leader for the African American Civil Right Movement where he seek justice using nonviolent methods. Martin Luther King Junior believed in equality among all races. Martin Luther King Jr. stood for racial equality, which is the idea that any individual deserves to be judged on his or her own merits rather than being judged by his or her race.He believed that someday, the world would be different and everyone would love one another in our country. One thing that was accomplished during MLK time is the Voting Right Act. On August 6, 1965, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act  which stopped the prevention of African Americans from exercising their right to vote under the 15th Amendment. The act is considered among the most far-reaching pieces of civil rights legislation in U.S. history.

When I was doing some research on whether or not African Americans rights are still in danger I came across an article that talked about how African Americans feel as if their rights are still in danger. It was interesting to see the different responses between white and African American people. “If the civil rights movement has achieved its goals, why do so few African-Americans feel they do not have the same opportunities as Whites? An Associated Press poll conducted in 1998 showed that six out of ten White persons believed African-Americans have an equal opportunity. Seven of ten African-Americans polled did not agree. In the same poll, one of every three people thought the United States has not done enough since the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s.”