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compare and contrast
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MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S “LETTER FROM A BIRMINGHAM JAIL” (1963)
Various sources are related to the information related to the textbook. And one of the things we have learned in the textbook is Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (1963). This letter defended the strategy of nonviolent resistance to racial discrimination. It encouraged people to break unjust laws instead of waiting for the courts to bestow justice. This review, therefore, explains how the information from the source, “Post-War Prosperity, Cold War Fears, and the Struggle for Equality, 1945-1968,” is related to the information learned in class textbook.
The source talks about the African Americans struggled for civil rights in the country. Following the end of World War II, a lot of African Americans began dismantling the racial segregation that has been put in place for all over a century (Corbet et al, 355). They mostly targeted segregation in transportation and education as well as discriminatory housing practices. This is related to the information in the textbook because, in our textbook, we can see that, while in jail, Martin Luther King wrote a letter to fellow black Americans. In this letter, he urged people to fight racial segregation that was taking place within the country. After reading the source, one can understand the reason behind Martin Luther King’s letter. The source also talks about John F Kennedy administration supported equality in the country. The source says that Kennedy focused on securing voting rights for American Americans. This also helps us to understand better the information learned in the textbook; the law is unjust if it denies a minority from voting (King Jr, 3). John F Kennedy was against this discrimination of voting, and he, therefore, drove people like Martin Luther King to fight for their voting rights, knowing that J.F Kennedy was on their back.
In conclusion, the information in the source is significantly related to the text. The source, therefore, helps the readers to understand better what they learned in the textbook. The source talks about the racial discrimination that black Americans encountered that drove Martin Luther King to write a letter from Birmingham jail to fix the injustices practiced against the black people.
Work cited
Corbett, P. Scott, et al. U.S. History, edited by John Mack. 2019, PDF
King Jr, Martin Luther. “Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963).” Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s: A Brief History with Documents (1963).
another student essay
The Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka
Everyone knows education is important, now whether a person decides to pursue an education is one thing, but it is very important. Looking back, in the 50’s, 60’s and 70’s. The view on education was very different especially when it came down to “race”. Well in reality the color of your skin, because what was race to a group of people who by this stage in history ancestors were born here in the US. While on the topic of education in the US, a story comes to mind. The Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. Most people are familiar with this case, because as a student when you to get the stage of US history, most have learned this. You may be able to remember vaguely, but you should remember, nonetheless.
As told to students while in school and in the history book we have currently been reading in this course, its about, Thurgood Marshall showing the courts, that the practice of segregation in public schools made African American students feel inferior (Corbet et al. 356). When asked to explain this case most answer will be around the same- When African Americans started to fight for integrated schools, which in my opinion should have started when the armed forces were integrated. Now looking at the primary source on this matter, there is a lot more behind this. The primary sources go into detail on why the schools should be integrated and why African American students would feel inferior. This is something that I myself never took the time to really understand or ask myself. In 1896, the United States Supreme Court declared in Plessy v. Ferguson that the doctrine of “separate but equal” was constitutional. In 1954, the United States Supreme Court overturned that decision and ruled unanimously against school segregation (Brown v. Board of Education para 1). This statement alone helps to understand why enough was enough and if African Americans can live in your neighborhoods, fight in war with you then their kids can go to school with yours.
As a result, with the textbook being very vague this source puts it all in prefect with explaining to anyone on this topic, that segregation went against the 14th amendment (Brown v. Board of Education. para2) and that when it came down to education and race. All children deserve the opportunity to learn to together to get culturally values to prepare them for professional training latter on in life (Brown. para 5) and in helping students to adjust to what was in the real world, which was a mixed of all “races”. The US is considered a melting pot, right? Why not have this apply to schools as well.
Work Cited
“Brown v. Board of Education.” The Supreme Court ruling in Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, http://www.americanyawp.com/reader/26-the-affluent-society/brown-v-board-of-education-of-topeka-1954/. 19 March 2019
Corbett, P. Scott, et al. U.S. History, edited by John Mack. 2019, PDF.