Evaluation:
Published: 01.12.1996.
Language: English
Level: Secondary school
Literature: n/a
References: Not used
  • Essays 'Martin Luther King', 1.
  • Essays 'Martin Luther King', 2.
  • Essays 'Martin Luther King', 3.
Extract

By 1960, Black activists had gotten everything they claimed they wanted in the 1940s and '50s, namely desegregation. Several years after this great Black victory, nothing had really changed. The only thing that would ever enable Blacks to succeed was hard work and self reliance, but an aspiring, ambitious individual named Martin Luther King saw no money in telling the truth. King decided to make a career out of exploiting White guilt and using racial inequality for his own personal gain.
Most Blacks were still on the bottom of the economic heap despite desegregation. Black test scores wer…

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