Men Will Rise From The Dark Depth Of Prejudice To The Majestic Heights Of
Brotherhood Essay, Research Paper

Men Will Rise From The Dark Depth Of Prejudice To The Majestic Heights Of

Brotherhood

Men will rise from the dark depths of prejudice… What is prejudice?

The Websters dictionary defines it as ?a biased opinion based on emotion rather

than reason.? This is most certainly the case. Through out history groups of

people of the same race, religion, color, etc. have had unspeakable acts

committed against them by others who think with their ?…emotions[s] rather

than reason.? Because one is a different color they think that that person is

odd, or inferior. Or they see some one of a different religion as a person who

is rejected by God. These are both examples of prejudice.

Many people have seen the effects of prejudice and sought to put an end

to it. one such person was Dr. Martian Luther King. By the time Dr. King became

involved in civil rights he was already an ordained minister. He had married and

he and his wife had four children. His civil rights activities began with the

protest of an incident that occurred on a public bus. Rosa parks had broken the

law by not getting out of her seat to allow a white person to sit in her seat or

row. An organization was formed to boycott the buses and Dr. Martian Luther king

was asked to be president of it. In his first, and in my opinion, most powerful

speeches Dr. Martian Luther King stated ?First and foremost we are American

citizens…We are not here advocating violence…the only weapon that we

have…is that of protest…The great glory of American democracy is the right

to protest for right.? Dr. King and the organization succeeded. The Supreme

Court ordered the city to have equal, integrated seating. This was only the

first in many battles lead by Dr. Martian Luther King.

Dr. Martian Luther King had a dream. A dream to unite all mankind as one.

A dream to see an end to prejudice. A dream to reach the promise land. Although

many of his goals as far as discrimination have been met, Dr. Martian Luther

King never got to see this. He was shot and killed on April 4, 1968. In 1983

congress passed a national holiday in his honor. It celebrated on the third

Monday in January. Dr. Martian Luther King Became the second person to have a

national Holiday, the first being George Washington, the countries first

President. One of his Ideals that has not yet been achieved nor properly

addressed is that of brotherhood.

The Majestic heights of brotherhood. Anyone who has ever experienced

prejudice can appreciate the significance of this idea. All men of all races,

colors, ethnicitys, religions united peacefully as a single world brotherhood.

The one reason we can not come to peace with those who are different than us is

that we, as humans, have a natural fear of the unknown. Some turn this fear into

curiosity and learn about others and come to have a respect for other cultures

and their respective peoples. On the contrary, some people take this fear and

turn it into something dark and evil, Prejudice. Prejudice is what denies us the

chance to truly be viewed, and view others, as brothers.