1. Martin Luther King and George Wallace
... laws would not serve the common good as the laws were not laid out with the common good of all of society in mind, the Negro race was set to carry a heavier burden and receive a lesser benefit. Martin Luther King made it very clear when he said that "In a sense we have come to our nation's capital to cash a check. When ... justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream. " (SullenToys, 2011) Those words describe the aftermath of laws written without morality and fair play, forcing the black community to carry the heavier burden in the pursuit for the common good. K...
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