Compare and Contrast

compare and contrast

Martin Luther King Jr. and Barack Obama brought people together but ran out of time. What I mean by running out of time is that King was assassinated and Obama had people who go against him due to fact he was the first African-American president. However, both still fought for what was right in our country, different yet similar in their own respected ways. In 1955 Martin Luther King and other civil rights activist were arrested for leading a boycott of a Montgomery, Alabama, transportation company which required nonwhites to surrender their seats to whites, and stand or sit at the back of the bus. The following decade, King wrote, spoke and organized nonviolent protests and mass demonstrations to draw attention to racial discrimination. King thought if he did violent protests then things would only get worse, so he made them peaceful, to hopefully have equality for him and others. Martin Luther King brought people together to fight for their rights. In 2007 to now Obama wants what is best for the people like King did. Obama and King were both leaders of great movements, Obama inspired a movement for hope and change that took over the country. King was the leader for the civil rights movement, his power attracted not only thousands of supporters and activists, but concern from the government. King dreams was to one day have all races living together in harmony, Obama was multiracial, and his diverse administration and supporters show he is making good on Kings dreams.