Dr. Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. was known across the nation as a great hero and a great leader in the civil rights movement. Because of his popularity among Blacks, his life, family, and home were constantly in danger at various times. He was threatened, harassed, arrested and even jailed. In January 1957, nearly 60 blacks administrators met in Atlanta to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Martin Luther King Jr. was elected as president. A few months later he met with vice president Richard Nixon when they were celebrating Ghanaian independence. A year later, Dr. King and three men who were civil rights leaders, were given awards by President Dwight Eisenhower.

One of the America's described America is considered to be beautiful.The other America contains every race other than whites and in this America the people live in poverty.
I think Dr. King meant that in his version of America everything is right and there is NO segregation or racial barriers. I think Dr. Martin Luther King jr. is trying to say that this America should be more like the other America.


The Two Americas

Based on Martin Luther King Jr.'s speech, he believes there is two Americas. In simplicity, Dr. King means that one America has an abundance of jobs and opportunity for its citizens. On the other hand, he speaks of the lack of respect for African- Americans and how African- Americans have no jobs and even if they do have jobs, their pay is severely low compared to white people. Today, I do think that racism is still about in the world, but we do not see many cases of racism today. -

In addition, the majority of all people are given the same opportunity when it comes to jobs. Due to the recession the country is in now, there are not as many jobs which means that the country is not really overflowing with an abundance of milk and honey. Similarly, the other America today is poor. The Declaration of Independence says that all men are created equally, so why should anyone be treated differently.

You can also watch Dr.King speech here:

Martin Luther King and Economic Justice: The Fortieth Anniversary Commemoration of Dr. King's "The Other America" Speech at Stanford

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