Is there a civil rights figure or leader that you particularly admire?

Question

Why do you admire him/her?

Answer 1

Rosa Parks

One day she decided enough was enough and she wasn't going to leave her seat just because of her skin color.

A lot has been written about her being "tired" that day, she said the only "tired" she was was tired of giving in.

That small action by ONE PERSON had a huge impact, people rallied behind her, the bus company she had used went broke, and unjust laws were changed.

Today, people would do well to remember just because something is a law, it does not make it a just, fair, or reasonable law.

Answer 2

it would be insulting to black people to point that they play any function in helping racist leaders. So, it fairly is splitting hairs between the media and liberals. Is there any distinction? The media is permeated with socialists, liberals and people who prefer to convey back the spirit of the 60's. i don't think of you will get an truthful answer from a liberal. they'll under no circumstances admit a element of their ideology is corrupt. word how Hollywood has been churning out a plethora of flicks and tv shows, specializing in previous racist struggles and incorrect doing to black people? perhaps the reason they do it is via the fact the civil rights regulations have all been replaced and those atrocities from the previous at the instant are not happening to any extent further. So, Hollywood has to incite racial stress via churning out those video clips and shows, to fire up racial hatred; Hollywood needs to create a reason, so as that no person will decide that liberals not have a reason to any extent further. No ask your self socialists and communists hi-jacked the democratic occasion, there is not any different reason, for liberals to rally in the back of. Capitalism is now their aim and maximum of those liberal lemmings have no clue they have been manipulated.

Answer 3

I just learned about Bartolomé de Las Casas in my history of civ class, and I think he was a very early civil rights figure who I greatly admire. Known as the "Protector of the Indians", Las Casas was very outspoken against European, especially Spanish cruelty and exploitation toward the Native Americans in the 16th century.

Answer 4

For many years I have admired Nelson Mandela for his long-standing courage and patience in the face of seemingly impossible odds. After years of unjust imprisonment at the hands of a brutal, racist regime, he emerged from captivity an even-tempered, reasonable, articulate and powerful leader. Had he been vengeful (and he certainly had reason to be!), he might have set South Africa back many decades. I think for most of his life he has kept control over his personal feelings in order to do what he feels is best for his country's future.

Answer 5

Not sure, I wouldn't say Gandhi because even though he took care of the British, he did it while ignoring the lowest caste members in India, the poor ones who needed benefits. He's hated by a majority of citizens in India because he was from a higher caste and wanted to keep the caste system in tact. I can't admire that.

Answer 6

Susan B. Anthony spent her entire life lobbying for rights for women. It took years for her to convince our society that women are not second class citizens.

She never married. She finally expanded the public opinion on what roles a woman could play in life.

Answer 7

His Holiness The Dalai Lama. A human so devoted to peace and compassion that it is astounding. He is an example to everyone, regardless of race or religion.

Answer 8

The Man, the Myth, the Mahatma himself: Gandhiji!!!

He brought the British Empire to its knees - and proved that non-violence can work.

Answer 9

Martin Luther King.

That man had a dream.

Answer 10

Martin Luther King, Jr. because of his "I have a dream" speech.

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I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal."

I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.

I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.

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 by the content of their character.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.

I have a dream today.

I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together.

This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.

This will be the day when all of God's children will be able to sing with a new meaning, "My country, 'tis of thee, sweet land of liberty, of thee I sing. Land where my fathers died, land of the pilgrim's pride, from every mountainside, let freedom ring."

And if America is to be a great nation this must become true. So let freedom ring from the prodigious hilltops of New Hampshire. Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York. Let freedom ring from the heightening Alleghenies of Pennsylvania!

Let freedom ring from the snowcapped Rockies of Colorado!

Let freedom ring from the curvaceous slopes of California!

But not only that; let freedom ring from Stone Mountain of Georgia!

Let freedom ring from Lookout Mountain of Tennessee!

Let freedom ring from every hill and molehill of Mississippi. From every mountainside, let freedom ring.

And when this happens, When we allow freedom to ring, when we let it ring from every village and every hamlet, from every state and every city, we will be able to speed up that day when all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics, will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old ***** spiritual, "Free at last! free at last! thank God Almighty, we are free at last!"