Speech by Senator Robert F Kennedy презентация

«Martin Luther King dedicated his life to love and to justice for his fellow human beings, and he died because of that effort». The main idea, which Senator Robert F Kennedy wanted to convey ,connected with major problem between white and black people in the USA.

He described that Americans should make an “effort to understand and to comprehend, and to replace that violence in the world, the that with an effort to understand with compassion and love. That they have to make an effort in the United States, have to make an effort to understand, to go beyond these rather difficult times”.

Facts about Martin Luther King’s life
He was the youngest person at the time to receive a Nobel Peace Prize
From 1957 to 1968, King traveled over six million miles and spoke over 2,500 times
The civil rights leader was arrested 29 times and assaulted four times
King is the only non-president to have a national holiday in his name
King was awarded 20 honorary degrees and was named Man of the Year by Time magazine
There are approximately 900 streets named after MLK in the U.S.
His mother was also murdered by a gunman
King’s last public speech foreshadowed his death

Unity between blacks and whites.
But the vast majority of white people and the vast majority of black people in this country want to live together, want to improve the quality of our life, and want justice for all human beings who abide in our land. If we haven’t a problem with black and white people in our country it doesn’t mean that we haven’t problem in society at all. In every country , in every town there are general humanities questions.

HUMANITY
You must always remember about humanity and it doesn’t depend on where you live. Love and wisdom, and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer, must live in our hearts.