Examples of african community ethics

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Case: Like many great people, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a complex individual. He was a campaigner for civil rights, a Baptist pastor, and a leader of the African-American community in the 1960s. Though the majority of his ideas were undoubtedly based on the Bible and Christian teachings, many who have studied his life assert that his roots as a descendant of African slaves were also a significant factor in his thinking. Using the assigned readings as a springboard, analyze the following excerpt from King's famous "I Have a Dream" speech.

"I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia the sons of former slaves and the sons of former slave owners will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood.I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a state sweltering with the heat of injustice, sweltering with the heat of oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice. I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character. I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day, down in Alabama, with its vicious racists, with its governor having his lips dripping with the words of interposition and nullification; one day right there in Alabama, little black boys and black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers. I have a dream today.I have a dream that one day every valley shall be exalted, every hill and mountain shall be made low, the rough places will be made plain, and the crooked places will be made straight, and the glory of the Lord shall be revealed, and all flesh shall see it together. This is our hope. This is the faith that I go back to the South with. With this faith we will be able to hew out of the mountain of despair a stone of hope. With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day." Martin Luther King, Jr.: I Have a Dream, August 28, 1963.

List and discuss at least two examples of African Community Ethics in King's speech.

-be thorough and give specific examples from the text.

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