During this time segregation was still in play. In class we watch a film about segregation to broaden our knowledge on major historical events. This was a time when Martin Luther King Jr was alive and well. He believed that as people they need to take more of a risk to further prove their point. That point being that they would be willing to sacrifice themselves as long as segregation could be banned. On 1963 in January there was a police chief named Bull Conner. Conner believed in segregation and was not going to let that stop him. People were scared to march past his police station so Martin Luther started to lead his team. As they marched past Bull Conner, he threw Martin Luther in jail. During this time that Martin Luther King was in jail it frightened him that by the time he got out, the movement would be over and nothing would have changed. Luckily younger teenaged boys kept it going. When Martin Luther was released he started making bigger changes. Those started with tiny speeches that lead to huge ones. He still believed in the march though. In the 1950s Martin Luther put two more marches in action in Washington D.C. Kennedy then became president in 1960 and still with high hopes Martin Luther King looked for a change and nothing happened. Finally 2 years later the case that happened at the University of Alabama showed that civil rights was not an issue President Kennedy could avoid. Kennedy took action and proposed a civil rights bill in 1963 as marches were still happening. He told Martin Luther that he was afraid during this tough time to other people that these marches might become violent and that could put a change of his bill that he was trying to get passed. Again this did not stop Martin Luther. This became his biggest knowing march and by 9:30 am, 40,000 people had showed up for this march. Martin Luther gave a heartwarming and forever known about speech. It was 10 hours long and a year later the civil rights act was passed.
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