Why is martain Luther king an hero?

Answer 1

Martin Luther King Jnr was a Hero in the true meaning of the word Hero simply because he was a person of note. He was a Hero in the sense that we understand heroes because of his bravery. He was a black man in the USA that led others to fight the concept that not being white did not mean that you were les then human. He showed Afro Americans and other minorities that they had the same rights to education and fair treatment as did white Americans. He did this by speaking to the nation and by using the power of the boycott. That is if a company does not treat you as an equal then you don't deal with that company. Promoting that sort of thinking is dangerous to the establishment, and being an intelligent man Martin Luther King Jnr Knew it. He worked in an atmosphere of constant death threats in a community that had a record for watching lynchings and murder and doing very little about it if those that were lynched were not white. Martin Luther King Jnr was instrumental in changing this for the better and for this he is a Hero.

Answer 2

Martin Luther King Jr is a hero because he risked his life to end seggragstion and help coloes to freedom!

Sabrina Janee: Martin Luther King Jr. was also a hero because he was the most important voice of the American Civil Rights Movement, which worked for equal rights for all.

He was famous for using nonviolent resistance to over some injustice, and he never got tired of trying to end segregation laws: laws that prevented blacks from entering certain places such as: resturaunts, hotels, bathrooms, public schools.(etc.)

Also Martin did all he could to let everybody know " All men are created equally"

One of his famous quotes

"Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see"

" I had a Dream"

- Martin Luther King Jr.

8th grader LaRue County Middle School- answer
He spoke out for a end to racial discrimination

Answer 3

I think Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero by him having a dream to change the world. In seeing that black people have the same right as whites even thought Martin Luther King Jr. change things are still happening today.

Answer 4

Martin Luther King Jr. was an incredibly important leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. King received the Nobel Peace Prize for combating racial inequality through nonviolence.

Answer 5

Martin Luther King Jnr was a Hero in the true meaning of the word Hero simply because he was a person of note. He was a Hero in the sense that we understand heroes because of his bravery. He was a black man in the USA that led others to fight the concept that not being white did not mean that you were les then human. He showed Afro Americans and other minorities that they had the same rights to education and fair treatment as did white Americans. He did this by speaking to the nation and by using the power of the boycott. That is if a company does not treat you as an equal then you don't deal with that company. Promoting that sort of thinking is dangerous to the establishment, and being an intelligent man Martin Luther King Jnr Knew it. He worked in an atmosphere of constant death threats in a community that had a record for watching lynchings and murder and doing very little about it if those that were lynched were not white. Martin Luther King Jnr was instrumental in changing this for the better and for this he is a Hero.

Answer 6

Martin Luther king, is callled a hero mainly because he was for slavery and spoke up for what he believed in.

Answer 7

Well obviously he had many marches to free slaves. Annd accomplished that. He gave his "i had a dream" speech and told how African Americans should be free.!!