There are good people leading the civil rights. We have all heard about the brutal murder of Medgar Evers a field officer for the NAACP who had been fighting for our rights for desegregated schools (Medgar Evers, n.d.). Yet, again there is another man who was willing to lead a march for “Jobs and Freedom” to Washington DC in non violent manner (March on Washington, n.d.). Our champion Martin Luther King Jr. gave such an inspirational speech about how he has a dream he said, “Now is the time to make real the promises of democracy. Now is the time to rise from the dark and desolate
valley of segregation to the sunlit path of racial justice. Now is the time to lift our nation from the quicksands of racial injustice to the solid rock of brotherhood” (King, M.L., 1963).
Friends, this gives me hope for a prosperous future and change for the colored people. I write this in hopes that you too will be watching for the passing of the civil rights act that is being proposed. Please pray for our president, Lyndon Johnson, that he will be guided to make the right decision for our people.
References
Dirkson Center. (n.d.). Major Features of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. In Congresslink. Retrieved from http://www.congresslink.org/print_basics_histmats_civilrights64text.htm
Guffey, E. (2012). Knowing Their Space: Signs of Jim Crow in the Segregated South. Design Issues, 28(2), 41-60.
King, M. L. (1963). “I Have a Dream…”. Retrieved from http://www.archives.gov/press/exhibits/dream-speech.pdf
Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. (n.d.).Evers, Medgar (1925-1963). In Martin Luther King, Jr. and The Global Freedom Struggle. Retrieved from http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_evers_medgar_1925_1963/
Martin Luther King Jr. Research and Education Institute. (n.d.). March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. In Martin Luther King, Jr. and The Global Freedom Struggle. Retrieved from http://mlk-kpp01.stanford.edu/index.php/encyclopedia/encyclopedia/enc_march_on_washington_for_jobs_and_freedom/
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History. (n.d.). Supreme Court Decision Timeline. In Seperate is not Equal: Brown v. Board of Education. Retrieved from http://americanhistory.si.edu/brown/history/5-decision/timeline-1954.html
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