Week 1 Blog Summaries

One of the most significant African-American rights protest, was the Montgomery bus situation. Martin Luther King told his protesters that in order to succeed, the most remain unified and stay away from violence in order to not break laws of the Constitution. Rosa Parks was one of the finest citizens in Montgomery; once she was arrested for sitting in what was considered to be a white only section on the bus, the Negro community was astonished and tired of being humiliated. In the December 5th, 1955 speech given by King, he proved that if they were proven wrong for protesting for justice, then the Constitution itself was wrong.

Many important points were made in the speech, including what glory it is to have the ability to protest. King implies that as good citizens, we should stand up for each other when needed, just because we can. In his speech he described Rosa Parks as one of the finest citizens, leaving out the word Negro. This implied that no matter what skin color a person is, they can still be considered one of the finest.

The speech also made a point to recognize that African-Americans were not wrong for standing up for themselves. They were just standing up for their justice, which, according to the Supreme Court, Constitution, and the word of God, is what all Americans deserved. MLK knew that with courage, strength, and determination, the black race would get the justice that they had deserved.