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Be Somebody

King's Upbringing

"Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity."

"You must always feel like you are somebody," King's mom told him. You must always remember that you're a person just like everybody else. You move on and you overcome your mistakes, but you don't let anyone make you feel like you're somehow less than you really are.

King's mother made sure that although he knew this, he also knew of the segregation between the "coloured" and the "whites," and how, even if it's completely wrong, racial segregation and stereotypes existed, and people had to live under that pressure.

One day, out of thin air, the boy’s parents asked him to stop playing with him. As a five year old, King was confused as to why he couldn’t play with his friend. The parents’ response was a simple “because you’re black and we’re white.” Crying, King ran to his mother and asked why white people don’t like him. His mother had to explain to him the “system” the country was stuck in, and how the whites were somehow “superior” to the blacks.

"Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that."

"Official" Segregation

People were forced to go to the bathroom labeled “coloured” and drink from the “coloured” fountain. Every day, normal people just like you and me had to go to the dirty unkempt back of the bus, sit in another section of the movie theater, and sit on an isolated section of a restaraunt. And just because of their skin colour.

"Intelligence plus character - that is the goal of true education."

The American Dream...

The dream...

Your definition of it will be different from the person sitting next to you. Your friends will have different definitions of it than you, and me. But the key points stay the same.

In the end...

...is to be free.

Fundamentally, the American Dream is associated with freedom. Freedom of speech. Freedom of expression. Maybe you even think it’s the freedom to bear arms. The dream is to be free.

The dream is human nature at its finest.

The American Dream

“Do you see this child here? (points to Martin Luther King Jr.) That's a boy there. I'm a man. I'm Reverend King,”

-Martin Luther King

Martin Luther King Jr. believed we’re all born equally, and our background and character define us. Not the colour of our skin. What do you believe?

Martin Luther King Jr fought with words for the equality and happiness for everyone, despite their race. He wrote speeches and appeared at rallies to represent the people and things he fought for. What do you fight for?

Martin Luther King Jr.

"We will match your capacity to inflict suffering with our capacity to endure suffering. We will meet your physical force with soul force. We will not hate you, but we will not obey your evil laws."

-Martin Luther King, Jr.

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Martin Luther King Jr

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