Week 1- Person 5

This week’s speech from Martin Luther king was and still is to this day a major issue dealing with inequality and African Americans’ fighting for the right to be seen the same as everyone else. Our group had a lot of good points in which I found myself agreeing with just about all of them.

Rebecca started out the week discussing the Rosa Parks incident dealing with her being put in jail. Rosa Parks along with the rest of the blacks were expected to sit in the back of the buses when using them for transportation, and she was the first to take a stand against this. Dr. King stepped in and was the voice of the black people and telling them how it's time to stand up and fight for the right is treated as equals.

The next big point that was taken in Charissa's discussion was on Dr. King's argument towards citizenship. She points out that in his speech he elaborates on the fact skin color does not determine who is a citizen. She then brought our attention to the point of democracy brought up in the speech. She gave us a very nice quote from Dr. King talking about the democracy of everyone, black people included. The quote was, “…our love for democracy and because of our deep-seated belief that democracy transformed from thin paper to thick action is the greatest form of government on earth.” Her analysis of this lead to the point that Dr. King had every right to protest in a non-violent manner in order to stand up for him and the rest of the African Americans, and how they will never give up hope nor back down.

T.J.'s post was very in depth and brought about many solid points of Dr. King and his speech. T.J. discussed the point of how Dr. King throughout physical and emotional abuse stayed true to his devoted Christian ways in being non-violent. Furthermore, he went to point out that Dr. King became the head of the civil rights for equality movement as well as being elected president of the Montgomery Improvement Association. Through 382 days of protest Dr. King accomplished great things that are still being used today in our society by many people when dealing with civil rights issues.

Stephen finished out the week with bringing up the major points of everyone’s' posts as well his own thoughts on the speech. The main point he went on to mention was that along with Dr. King, the rest of the African American people had tremendous courage, bravery, and discipline to do what they did and that they lead by example through this entire civil rights movement.

I think everyone did an exceptional job with their posts and thoroughly discussed this speech from top to bottom. All major points were brought to attention and were then elaborated on with great thought. I found myself agreeing with what everyone discussed, so great job group and keep up the good work!