The term racism symbolizes hate across the world. People dislike others because of their differing race, color, class, or religion. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. addressed this issue is his speech "The World House." Nearly his whole life was based on this one issue that is impossible to delete from society. Throughout the 1960's many organizations were formed to combat the growing racism that was overtaking the world. Even the Presidents in this time period were working hard to solve the hate between differing people. Everything in the 60's played a part in decreasing racism and influenced King's Nobel Peace Prize speech that included "The World House." This speech explains King's thoughts on how a peaceful world can be created. The race riots, CORE, EEOC, and Civil Rights Act of 1964, shaped every aspect of his text that brought a new understanding to protestors.

Race riots became a trend in the 60's, and were caused by racial dissension or hatred (Race Riots of the 1960s). These riots show how serious and dangerous racism can be. King wanted the exact opposite actions that riots brought. The riots caused violence while he wanted peaceful protests. One of the major riots was the Harlem riots that began on July 16, 1964 (Race Riots of the 1960s).This violence was triggered because a police officer killed a young black boy in the city of Harlem. There was supposed to be a peaceful march about this matter created by the Congress for Racial Equality, CORE, but it turned violent. Shortly after the nonviolent march a group of aggressive people took their protest to the steps of the police department and began to throw Molotov cocktails, stones, and bricks. These protest are one of the main reasons King pushed for peacefulness, not violence in his speech when he talked about racism. He wanted things to be changed just like everybody else, but he went about it the right way. It was not until much later that people understood that violence was not the answer. They were just making it rougher on themselves and everybody around them. There was also another riot called the Watts riots which occurred on August 11, 1965. Again, this riot was caused by violence on a black man. The police arrived quickly to calm the crowd, but after the police left the scene the rioters began overturning cars and smashing windows. Many of the buildings in the area were burnt to the ground before the riots were over. The National Guard had to come in and enforce a curfew and martial law to end the riot. This riot ended in more injuries and deaths than changes. King's idea of peacefulness comes in to play again. Violence does not get anything done, it just cause more problems. King's speech was influenced by each one of these riots. These riots deteriorated as he became a more prominent leader in society. He alone bought new understanding of how to handle the frustration brought by racism. 

CORE, mentioned earlier, was one of the leading activist organizations in the early years of the American Civil Rights Movement (The History of CORE). By 1963 this group was known across the entire country. CORE initially represented everything that King stood for. They had a non-violent approach to fighting racial segregation. The first leader of the group, James Farmer, played a big part in this pacifist approach. The leadership of Farmer made CORE a highly respected organization that even participated in President Kennedy's efforts to end racism. This soon changed when Farmer stepped down, and Floyd McKissick replaced him. McKissick was much more militant, and that was his downfall. King did not support this group after Farmer left, therefore the organization suffered. They went from being everything that King stood for, to being the opposite. The organization's structure failed and went into debt. Roy Innis then stepped in and took the organization back to their original habits. This group then began to grow again and repair itself. This is yet another example of protestors becoming more understanding of King's ideas. He basically changed a whole organization just from the influence of its leaders. When the group was under a militant leader it deteriorated, and when it was under a peaceful leader it thrived. This brings a whole new understanding of what was going on during this period. The violent protesters were being pushed out and nonviolent people were being brought in. As more people became influenced by King, the world became more peaceful; exactly what he expressed in his speech. He changed the whole understanding of how to fight back against racial issues. 

There was another organization like this one that dealt with racial issues call the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). This group was brought about because of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. The EEOC prohibits discrimination based on race, color, national origin, sex, and religion (EEOC - Employment Discrimination). Everything that King expressed as a part of racism in "The World House" is included in this organization. He always spoke about race and color, but this group included things like sex and religion that others did not notice. This is one of the first groups that included different parts of racism besides the color of people's skin. This whole organization points back to King and what he stands for. Even the President John F. Kennedy was passionate about this group. He asked Congress to "make a commitment it has not fully made in this century to the proposition that race has no place in American life or law" (EEOC - Employment Discimination). The passion of the President along with King influenced so many people in this time period. That influence changed the way everybody understands what happened in the past. They can now see that he brought peace and not violent protests. Two leaders fighting for the same thing can bring many of people together. When many of people are brought together they can get almost anything done. All of these people gave King the ideas that he felt needed to be addressed in his speech. He spoke about everything that the EEOC fought against. They influenced him, and he influenced their organization and the present day.

The Civil Rights Act basically started these two groups, CORE and EEOC. This act prohibited discrimination in public places, provided for the integration of schools and public facilities, and made employment discrimination illegal (Civil Rights Act). Kennedy proposed that Congress should consider civil rights legislation that would address voting rights, public accommodations, school desegregation, and more. He helped tremendously in trying to end racism in the United States. However, before the act was passed he was assassinated. Lyndon B. Johnson then came in and made sure that Congress agreed on it, but it was not passed easily. It took a lot of delegation from members of Congress to get enough people to agree to pass the act. Johnson became a big support of the racism movement when he came into office. He helped keep King's dream alive. Nearly everyone with a powerful position in the 60's was behind King and his ideas about racism, religion, and poverty that are included in "The World House." It was clear that all of these events played a big role in all of King's speeches because he always spoke about what was happening in the world and how to fix it. The ways he presented to fix it changed the course of history.

All of the events in the 60's made it clear that King not only influence other people, they influenced him as well. The race riots were violent acts against another person that was thought to be racist. King made the protestors understand violence was not the answer, but without them King would not have included this in his speech. CORE was also influenced by him because they wanted peaceful protests. The EEOC was one of the first groups to include everything that King was speaking about, from race to religion. All of these things were included in the speech he gave, "The World House", when he won the Nobel Peace Prize. That makes it clear that he was widely influenced by all of the things going on in the world. The world was also changing which expressed that he made a big impact as well. He brought a whole new understanding to the entire world. Along with a new understanding of what happened in the past.

