The notion I'm going to deal with is myths and heroes. To begin, I would like to give a definition of myths. Myths can be amplified representations (of what exactly?), deformed by collective imaginary. It also can be spread out groundless belief or legendary stories. I would like to illustrate the first definition of this notion through the theme of segregation heroes (not making sense). We may wonder if a common person can become myth or heroe. In order to answer this question, I will follow a framework which is a 19-year old single mother's quotation (quote or saying)quoted by the Democratic Party and which is today famous : « Rosa sat so Martin could walk ; Martin walked so Obama could run ; Obama ran, so we could fly ».(your first paragraph consits of sentences that are either hanging or not making complete sense...consider revising them.
So, to start I would like to talk about Rosa Parks and tell her story. She is the starting point of the big movement which fought against segregation in the United States of America. In 1955, Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat to a white man in a city bus in Montgomery. At that time, segregation was at its highest, so Blacks had to respect Jim Crow's Laws, which meant that they were not allowed to mix with whites in public spaces and were sent to separate schools. They were also required to sit at the back of city buses and give up their seats to white riders if the front seats filled up. For the crime of refusing to vacate her seat, Rosa Parks was arrested. She was not the first to be arrested for resisting segregation of public transportation but it was her action that became the catalyst in a movement that had already been gaining steam. That's how, on a December evening in Montgomery Alabama, a woman became an American hero.
Few years later, the Montgomery bus boycott in support of Rosa Parks brought a new powerful voice to light : Reverend Martin Luther King Junior who came to the forefront as the head of the Civil Rights Movement. His skillful language and dynamic persona became the new image of a movement dedicated to change and equality with peaceful means. He organized peaceful protest marches against segregation, fought for Black right to vote and mostly for equality. Only a decade-fighting later, President Johnson signed the "Civil Rights act" and "voting rights act". They removed institutionalized descrimination based on race. After the well known "I have a Dream" speech, where he describes his hopes that one day his child will not be judged in relation to their skin color, Martin Luther King was awarded the Nobel Peace Price.
In 2008, during the presidential elections, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King actions took all its meaning (payed up). For the first time in United States history, the elected president was black. This is a radical progress and a consecration for the American Black Community. Those 50-years fighting for equality were not useless (in vain). Barack Obama came to power in a state which decades ago rejected people of his skin color. Martin Luther King was Barack Obama's role model. This election was very symbolic of the end to racism. A symbol which meant that segregation was over. Only with his position, Barack Obama became the new American hero. And 45 years after the speech, King's dream came true.
To conclude, I could say that everybody (anyone) could become a myth or hero. The three people I (talked about) introduced were just common people before they decided to stand for their ideals. Actions make myths or heroes. And people have to believe and be based on myths or heroes in order to give themselves bravely and hope to fight for their rights. The harder the fight, the greater the victory.
