Present time Booker T
There have been many famous people leading people out of tyrany.
Nelson Mandela, MLK, and Mahatma Ghandi to name a few. But the real wander is
who are he leading spokespersons for African Americans today and how do they
compare to Dubois and Washington?
Most people today would immediatly say Dr. Martin Luther King
Jr. is easily the most renown of them all. He is well known for his "I
have a Dream" speech. In this speech he states "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."
This speech shows King was an advocate for equality but he
wanted equality immediatly. Later in his speech he has visions of " I have
a dream my four little children will live in a world where they will not be
judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. "
Another famous leader of freeing African Americans is Nelson
Mandela. Mandela lived in South Africa during Apartheid. During this time the
whites and blacks were separated by were they live and work. Nelson helped
Africans gain more freedom through peaceful protests and speeches. Because of
his action against the government he was sent to Robben Island. He was
sentenced to life in prison for these actions. He was isolated because the
government and police thought he was too powerful to be with others at the
prison.
Though in prison, African people felt Mandela was still
with them and they could overthrow the racial government. Mandela spent only 18
years in prison and was released February 11, 1990. After his release he met
with ANC leaders and South African officials to revise the constitution and get
multiracial elections. Then on May 10, 1994 Mandela won the elction and became
the president of South Africa. He led the country to becoming a free and proud
country. He retired officially in 2004 from public view and donated huge sums
of money to start charities for South Africans. Easily the most influential man
of his time.
These people are our present day Booker T. Martin Luher with the
civil rights movement and Nelson Mandela with leading Africans out of
bondage and into freedom helped change the world forever. They all wanted
people to be treated equally and not be judged on their skin color instead of
who they truly are.
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