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nomraIt has been said that a person can live 40 days without food, three days without water, eight minutes without air, but only one second without hope. Hope is carried in those who truly believe in an idea or statement. One of those people were Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King was an American icon, who used hope as a platform to promote racial equality. Hope drives true courage; it is the motivating force behind it. MLK was guided by his beliefs and enlightened by his hope. MLK had a vision for the world to be free of prejudice & for the color of skin to not interfere with societies interactions.
On August 23, 1963, Martin Luther King demonstrated the greatest speech for freedom in the history of The United States. This speech epitomizes his views on prejudice during this important time in history and his dream is still relevant today. The dream Martin Luther King had is a symbol of bravery. The dream shows that he had the ability to think 'dangerously', because he dreamt of change, and modification in society. No one ever dared to even think about African Americans being equal to the Caucasians, but MLK was courageous enough to do so. "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but the content of their character." Publicly announcing these thoughts were definitely courageous during this time period, which hope was highly qualified. MLK was also extremely aware that hope was needed in order to follow through with what he did, "If you lose hope, somehow you lose the vitality that keeps moving, you lose that courage to be, that quality that helps you go on in spite of it all. And so today, I still have a dream."
In order to produce some sort of courage, you need to provide a solid belief in something. MLK really believed in standing up for what you believe in. He spoke out in order to change the world, because if nothing is said, nothing will change. "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." If Martin Luther King never stood up for African American rights, perhaps no one else would have either. Racism would still be as strong today as it was back in the 1920's and so on. Even though some of the ideas some people stand up for get rejected by another, doesn't mean that idea is worthless. "We must accept finite disappointment, but never lose infinite hope." MLK would have never been able to do what he did if he didn't have hope. The hope in MLK sparked plenty of action & gave him the courage to stand up against society.
Being able to deliver courage to multiple individuals, let alone most of The United States, was Martin Luther Kings goal. Before his famous speech, he travelled to India to meet the man that influenced and bloomed his courage. A man named Mahatma Gandhi, who freed an entire country with a peaceful movement. Gandhi led India's independence movement without any violence involved. During his revolution, Gandhi was imprisoned many times, but that didn’t stop him from standing up for his country. MLK dealt with being arrested and thrown in jail a few times as well. "What Gandhi managed to do was that he developed satyagraha into a national movement, stressing passive resistance, nonviolent disobedience, boycotts and, on occasion, hunger strikes." Gandhi became so well known and respected, that he gained influence with both the British ruler and the general public. "MLK situated Gandhi’s ideas of nonviolent direct action in the larger framework of Christianity, declaring that "Christ showed us the way and Gandhi in India showed it could work" (Rowland, "2,500 Here Hail Boycott Leader")." Martin Luther King then stated that Gandhi was "the greatest Christian of the modern world" (King, 23 June 1962). MLK was clearly influenced by Gandhi's philosophy, and that lead King to his actions which had an effect on the world.
MLK's movement left an engraving in American History. His message that he delivered in the 1960's, still affects the world today. In the 'New York Times', there's an article on the front page issued March 8, 2015 titled, "Work Of Selma 'Not Yet Over,' President Says". This article regards the situation in Ferguson, Mo, and it's racial issue. President Obama says, " We don't need Ferguson to know that's not true, we just need to open our eyes and our ears and our hearts to know that this nations racial history still casts its long shadow upon us. We know the march is not yet over; we know the race is not yet won. We know reaching that blessed destination where we are judged by the content of our character requires admitting as much." This event attracted 40,000 African Americans to fight for what they believe in. If Martin Luther King never stood up for racial equality, this modern event would have never occurred, and his courage and hope would have no been distributed to each and every African American soul.