The Most Successful Human Rights Activist in American History
In the United States Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most successful human rights activist. More than any other single human being he made the 1960’s what they were in the United States. His “I have a dream” speech was one of the greatest speeches ever given in the English language. The part we most remember was extemporaneous. Right before Dr. King gave the speech Mahalia Jackson said to him, “Tell them about the dream, Martin.”
The only authority Dr. King had was moral authority. He lacked the ability to give orders and to punish insubordination. He projected the image of the humble man of God who was too good of a Christian to hate those who hated him.
Without Dr. King the civil rights legislation might not have been signed. I have become disappointed with the black response to the civil rights legislation. Dr. King did his part. He tried to stop the black ghetto riots that led to the Republican domination of the United States that continues.
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