To Kill A Mocking Bird and Racism
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Blacks, however, have not always just stood by and watched as white people beat them down. They have fought back, and they have fought back viciously and, less often, peacefully. There have been some very powerful black speakers. Martin Luther King Jr. gave hope to black people in the 60s. The sixties were a bad time fro blacks in the U.S. until Martin Luther King Jr. appeared. He was, for once, a black politician respected by white people. He led the march on Washington by blacks but the major change that really separated him from other black activists, (apart from his speech skills) was that he wanted to resolve the problem peacefully. He was a pacifist that went by the book, that book being the bible. He enforced Jesus' famous sayings, 'Love your neighbour' and 'Love your enemy.' He persuaded every one of his followers through remarkable speaking skills. He mesmerised blacks, and whites, all over the country. He was truly, the messiah of the black people.
He wasn't the only one to fight back though. Many others fought back very violently indeed. There was an amazingly strong group in the late sixties which went on into the seventies. This group were called t ...
