Journal #30

This month, February, is lack history month. In accordance to this, I am going to talk about civil rights. As we all know, America was at one point in time not an equal opportunity place. African American people were at this time not considered the same people as whites. They had to have separate restaurants, bathrooms, water fountains, schools, and anything else you could think of. This time was not one that America should be proud of, but it can actually be compared to something we still have today. In today's world, although African American people are now considered as equal as anyone else, we still do not have that for gay people. These topics can be easily compared, as they are both issues of civil rights, for a modern example. Back to African American civil rights, however, we are now all equals because of people such as Martin Luther King Jr. and Harriet Tubman. These people help aid their fellow African American people to keep fighting for their rights to be free and equal, as the Constitution states they have the right to. Martin Luther King Jr. it the most notable person from the civil rights movement. I am sure we have all heard at least the beginning of his I Have a Dream speech, which is very inspiring. It was because of his persistence, refusal to become upset, and inspiration of a peaceful fights that helped the African Americans to not give up until they had their rights. We remember people such as Martin Luther King Jr. in this month because they have done something extraordinary, that does not really ever happen in history before. We should all be inspired to fight for what we believe in and not give up. If they can fight for their freedom and get what they wanted. We can manage to do somewhat of the same thing on a much smaller scale. This month we should all remember the struggle and fight for what you believe in.