Melvin Johnson Quote

"When you start something you know that's good, stick with it".

This quote represents Melvin Johnson because when he was in the marines that's what he has been thinking about the whole time. In the beginning he thought he wouldn't make it but he kept thinking to himself that he has to finish it because he knew it was good for him. So he did what his mind told him to do. In the end he finished all his years there with 100 percent accuracy and that's what had changed his life.

Frederick Douglas Quote

“If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”
This quote represents Frederick Douglas because he was a speaker for the American Anti-Slavery society. So his live was full of struggle. For example he was born in to slavery, but he escaped that in itself was a great feat. Then after he had escaped he went on to speak for the American Anti-Slavery Society and angry crowds, which liked slavery, sometimes beat him. But other times he progressed by gathering new people for the cause.

Melvin Johnson

He was born in the late 1940s and Grew up in Arizona. As a child (age 9) he started smoking and drinking. That has really effected his child hood because he was at first the strait A student until he started his bad habit. He wanted to stop his drug addiction badly.When he was 17 years old he wanted to join the marines so he could stop smoking and drinking. Once he started, he has been doing good and was one of the best marines. During the 1960s, Melvin went to the Vietnam War. The reason why he joined the marines was because he wanted to stop his drug addiction and in the end he succeeded. Ever since he started the marines he has been doing great the entire time, he got all his stripes, he hasn't messed up once, he also got all his education there, and he was one of the best marines.

They both have connections with each other because they both fought in a war. Melvin fought in a war for his country and Fredrick Douglas fought in a war against slavery.

Frederick Douglas

He was a slave born in 1818 on Holmes Hill farm, near Easton on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. He was separated from his mother soon after his birth and sent to live with his grandmother. He escaped slavery at the age of 23. After he escaped he joined the American Anti-Slavery society. He spoke to the society during one of their meetings and they were moved by his tales of hardship. He went on to speak to other crowds throughout the Northern United States and was sometimes able to get new converts but other times he was beaten by angry crowds. He was resilient because he was a big help to the war against slavery by giving speeches to white crowds and even thought he was sometimes beaten he still pressed on.

The connection between our two people is that they were both born during times in which whites did not treat blacks with respect, Frederick was born into slavery and Melvin was born during times of segregation. Another connection between the two is that they both fought in wars Frederick’s war was more of a metaphorical war (the war against slavery) and Melvin fought in the Vietnam War.