I really liked this letter that Dr. King wrote. One of my favorite quotes that caught my attention was, " Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." This quote caught my eye because it is true, anywhere you see injustice, you will find that it is affecting the justice of the community and the lives of the people that are in that community.What meant the most to me from this letter is that Dr. King writes, " Birmingham is probably the most thoroughly segregated city in the United States." You would think with all the mix, that people would start to get along, but apparently that is not the case. There have been more unsolved bombings in Birmingham than in any other city in the United States. I just don't understand why we had to mistreat these people. What did they ever do to us to deserve what we have done to them? It is just something that I can't seem to wrap my mind around.
Roy Wilkins was born on August 30th, 1901. He graduated from the university of Minnesota in 1923 with a degree in sociology. He worked as a journalist and wrote for the
Minnesota Daily, and the
Kansas City Call. He was an editor for
St. Paul Appeal, an African American weekly. He was active in the NAACP. He participated in a few marches. The
March on Washington,
The Selma to Montgomery March , and the
March Against Fear. He was totally opposed to the violence and disapproved of Black Power. He also rejected student demands for all-black university departments describing the idea a " return to segregation and Jim Crow." Roy also served as a chairman of the United States delegation to the International Conference on Human Rights in 1968.
http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/USAwilkins.htm
Martin Luther King Jr. , Roy Wilkins and others in the March On Washington
I think the point too bringing up is that the south is still in the mindset of segregation, so the racial tension is higher. Your quote is very meaningful in the sense that people will treat people differently because of thier looks
ReplyDeleteYeah I don't think I'd like to live in Birmingham. It was the perfect place for a Civil Rights March though, to get attention.
ReplyDeleteWow he was a busy guy, with all of the marches he led.
ReplyDeleteJournalist, Editor, all the marches he was in..he was pretty involved in the Civil rights movement. That kind of dedication is why it was a success.
ReplyDeleteThat is my favortie quote as well because injustice is just a ripple effect and once is starts somewhere it seems that others begin to bend the rules in the same way. And I agree with the rejection to all black universitites becasue they would be segregating themselves and would be no better than the whites.
ReplyDeleteI can't imagine how hard it would have been to organize and lead all those marches. That shows dedication.
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