{"id":3612,"date":"2020-10-20T10:49:44","date_gmt":"2020-10-20T14:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=3612"},"modified":"2020-10-20T10:49:44","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T14:49:44","slug":"blog-post-10-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2020\/10\/20\/blog-post-10-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Blog Post 10\/20"},"content":{"rendered":"

I find it interesting how King has almost become an American myth.\u00a0 Carson mentions how MLK is a, \u201cBlack counterpart to the static, heroic myths that have embalmed George Washington as the Father of His Country and Abraham Lincoln as the Great Emancipator.\u201d\u00a0 I feel like it has gotten to the point where like Lincoln and Washington, we really aren\u2019t taught what they actually did.\u00a0 King is typically viewed as the \u201cleader\u201d of the Civil Rights Movement, however, \u201cThe myth emphasizes the individual at the expense of the black movement, it not only exaggerates King’s historical importance but also distorts his actual, considerable contribution to the movement.\u201d\u00a0 Carson mentions how many actions taken by Civil Rights activists are seemingly viewed as at the directive of Dr. King.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Many of the activists looked up to King, but many other important leaders are overlooked because of his portrayal.\u00a0 For example, \u201cLocal black leaders such as E.D. Nixon, Rosa Parks, and Jo Ann Robinson started the bus boycott before King became the leader of the Montgomery Improvement Association.\u201d\u00a0 This is detrimental to the Civil Rights Movement as a whole, because it\u2019s important to recognize all the sacrifices these people made, not just Dr. King.\u00a0 Carson uses the examples of the sit-ins and bus boycotts, MLK was not a leader of either of these actions, yet he gets credit as leading them.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

King\u2019s importance however should not be discredited.\u00a0 While he should certainly not be considered the sole leader of the Civil Rights Movement he was certainly an important figure.\u00a0 The Civil Rights Movement\u2019s success was in large part due to, \u201cKing’s wide range of skills and attributes prepared him to meet the internal as well as the external demands of the movement.\u201d\u00a0 King can definitely get credit for being an excellent leader, and he was able to mobilize both white and black people to support the movement.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I find it interesting how King has almost become an American myth.\u00a0 Carson mentions how MLK is a, \u201cBlack counterpart to the static, heroic myths…<\/p>\n

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