Dalai Lama, Oscar Romero and MLK

• MLK
• Pastor, began to speak out for African Americans
• Created Southern Christian Leadership Conference giving voice to people who didn’t have any
• As a legacy in the Civil Rights Movement as he closed many gaps between the two racial groups
• Fought against majorities and fundamentals of society
• Involved politics and religion together as they were intertwined to govern society
• Helped people who didn’t have a voice and looked out for what they believed in
• Used Christianity as part of his doctrine to further implement his ideas and beliefs of what society should be
• Romero
• Liberation from Argentina government to support industrial development to give voice to the workers who supported the movement
• Had to do with relationship between Christians majorities
• Movements towards black unity and civil rights that attempted liberation succeeded and establish equal rights for races
• Wanted to revive and sustain Christianity to such advancements in the industrial world and used it as a motive cause for movements; equal rights movements would help support Christian life
• Dalai Lama
• Worked for democratic government and elected officials to start off governmental position
• Spends his life working towards liberation in Tibet and equality in the world
• Trying to have Tibet and China be allies, or have peace
• Trying to convince majority that what the government was doing was wrong and was punished for that; spoke out from a smaller voice
• Religion and religious beliefs were used as motivations to enlighten the people about their government and what they were doing under rule was wrong
• He gained a religious characteristic as he gained popularity and success from his work; regarded as religious official

What all these three man have in common is that they all tried to benefit the community. All of these men were killed or regeted. All these men were trying to show other people that their thoughts and opinions were wrong in most of the cases it was the government.