How Did Martin Luther King Symbolize Social Justice
Martin Luther King Jr. symbolizes social justice all over the United States. As a young boy, his parents taught him how it was like to be black and showed him ways that they were treated and made him aware of why it shouldn’t be like that. They told him “that God made everyone equal but some people were just too ignorant to see it” (MLK, 13)”. Having graduated from Morehouse College in Atlanta in 1948, Martin Luther King, Jr. was accepted at Crozer Seminary, an integrated Baptist school in Pennsylvania. King was a man that posse many levels of educations and had a phenomenal resume. From his work in in school to being a part of many organizations from studying to build and gain knowledge of theology and political problems. Being taught to notice and respond to injustices King fought for everyone to have equal
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On April 4, 1968, he said, he realized that he was to be the fall guy for the King assassination and fled to Canada. Ray’s motion was denied, as were his dozens of other requests for a trial during the next 29 years” (History). During the 90s Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. King spent her time speaking publicly in support of Ray and his claims. She even went to the extent of calling him innocent and too speculated about an assassination conspiracy involving the U.S government and military. Despite the public speeches and protesting against Rays innocence all the evidence and investigations still came equaled to be the same; that Ray was the murdered or Martin Luther King the House committee however did acknowledge that there was some sort of low-level conspiracy that might have existed, though no evidence involving other parties became about. “More than two decades since his death, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ideas—his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, and his insistence on the power of nonviolent struggle to bring about a major transformation of American society—are as vital and timely as ever” (MLK v1,
On April 4, 1968, he said, he realized that he was to be the fall guy for the King assassination and fled to Canada. Ray’s motion was denied, as were his dozens of other requests for a trial during the next 29 years” (History). During the 90s Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. King spent her time speaking publicly in support of Ray and his claims. She even went to the extent of calling him innocent and too speculated about an assassination conspiracy involving the U.S government and military. Despite the public speeches and protesting against Rays innocence all the evidence and investigations still came equaled to be the same; that Ray was the murdered or Martin Luther King the House committee however did acknowledge that there was some sort of low-level conspiracy that might have existed, though no evidence involving other parties became about. “More than two decades since his death, Martin Luther King, Jr.'s ideas—his call for racial equality, his faith in the ultimate triumph of justice, and his insistence on the power of nonviolent struggle to bring about a major transformation of American society—are as vital and timely as ever” (MLK v1,