Do you know what human rights are They are basic rights They include things like the right to vote and free speech Many people believe that everyone should have these rights thay are important everyone needs fair treatment rights must become laws this way everyone can understand and clearly follow them this keeps social order and peace sometimes people think about rights in opposite ways people have to struggle for rights when they can't agree
Human rights activists are people who struggle for rights one of the most well known activists is Martin Luther king Jr why is he well known king died struggling for the cause of human rights he led peaceful struggles for human rights in the US in the 1960s people who disagreed with king abused him they called him names and threw things at him he peacefully continued the struggle the government eventually changed its laws all people got equal rights king's story gives people around the world hope king's dream lives on with those people
