forgive me.” King also believed that all people should be treated with equality and fairness. This became the basis for the Civil Rights Movement. This fairness is one value that allowed King’s followers to have so much respect for him. For some, he was even more than a man. He was the black Jesus to many. King’s followers felt this way about him because they had never before been treated with such fairness. He lifted them so high that they could not help but think that he was an act sent to them from God. It is obvious that King’s character was strongly influenced by his caring and compassion for all human beings, regardless of skin color. King’s ability to show how he cared for his fellow man was evident in the way he was able to strike deep into the hearts of people during his speeches. It is through his caring and inner strength that King has made himself the supreme voice of the black race. King’s persistent fight for justice was perhaps the most significant value that made him one of the most influential leaders of all time. He believed that one-day justice would prevail for blacks. This is seen in one of his most famous speeches of all time, “I Have a Dream”:“I have a dream that one day even the state of Mississippi, a desert state, sweltering with the heat of injustice and oppression, will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.”More than anything, King wanted to see justice prevail. King and many of his followers felt that real progress had been made at the signing of the 1964 and 1968 Civil Rights Acts. Blacks now had many rights that they were previously refused, they now had the right to vote, access to public accommodations, and racial discrimination was prohibited in the sale or rental of housing. With these two acts, King’s dream was one step closer to reality. King believed in his fight for justice so strongly that he described hims...
