Writing Assignment 4

Title Your Name Subject and Section Professor’s Name Date Among American history’s luminaries, none has a greater stature than Martin Luther King Jr.— a shining exemplar of hope, courage and undiluted dedication to the tenets of equality and justice. Born on 15 January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia, King was transformed into an iconic figure in the struggle against the social disease of racial segregation and discrimination which ravaged the country (Hagopian, 2020). The social issue Martin Luther King Jr. was against is deeply rooted discrimination that was enshrined in every facet of American society, including education, employment, housing, and public facilities. Deeply rooted segregation system placed black Americans in the lower hierarchical strata of society, which deprived them of any basic rights solely because of their skin color (Hagopian, 2020; Thompson, 2022). King’s career as a civil rights champion started out in the mid-1950s when he became known for fighting bigotry in the Montgomery Bus boycott which was fueled by Rosa Parks’ legendary stance on a segregated bus and her unwillingness to give up her seat. His stirring speeches, which featured non-violent resistance as their leading theme, energized the African American community and achieved the desegregation of the Montgomery’s public transportation, bringing King to th...