Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Back to the Future

June 3, 2011

Before I arrived back to the future, I returned Martin Luther King Jr. to April 4, 1968. Because of the attempted assassination, his security level was increased and ultimately his need for security no longer existed. The results of my time travels were evident everywhere! The Civil Rights Act never existed because it was unnecessary. Since MLK Jr. and I altered the events of history, all people are now truly recognized as equals. I want to thank Dr. King, the Second Continental Congress, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt for their understanding and actions to make this possible. I am proud to be an American!

Avoid Japanese-American Interment

February 19, 1942

Dr. King and I have made our final destination. On this day, President Franklin D. Roosevelt will sign an order “Establishing the War Relocation Authority in the Executive Office of the President and Defining its Functions and Duties.” Also known as Order 9066, this order started plans of ten internment camps where more that 110,000 Japanese Americans would be relocated. Life in Japanese internment camps was horrific. When the United States of America decided to take all Japanese-Americans and put them in internment camps, people were taken away from everyday existence. These camps known as America's Concentration Camps, with the U.S. not realizing that they were doing the exact same thing as the Nazis. The Japanese internment must be stopped to prevent large scale racial profiling of the Japanese during World War II. King and I luckily transported to a closet of FDR in the White House. We busted out and held him down before he could call secret service. I carried a transcript of the Executive Order 9066 with me to show him that I travelled from the future. Although he was in shock that I had the order as he just wrote it moments ago, he immediately believed us after remembering our visit to the Second Continental Congress in 1776. We let him go and he listened to our idea. Dr. King began speaking of equality of all. To stress his point on how the order was an unjustified law, he explained, “Law and order exist for the purpose of establishing justice and that when they fail in this purpose they become the dangerously structured dams that block the flow of social progress.” FDR understood King, but he was not fully convinced to stop the Executive Order 9066 going to the Secretary of War. Then I pulled out images of internment camps illustrating how horrible they were. Additionally, I showed FDR the Civil Liberties Act of 1988. I explained that in the future it is popularly known as the Japanese American Redress Bill. This act acknowledged that “a grave injustice was done” and ordered Congress to pay each victim of internment $20,000 in reparations. I further elaborated that if he was to not send the order, it would save lives and money avoiding a serious mistake. FDR considered the facts and agreed it to stop the racial profiling executive order saving the Japanese-Americans from grief and pain. Dr. King and I were overjoyed. We saved the future of America from racial discrimination and racial profiling.

Executive Order 9066

Civil Liberties Act of 1988

Interment Pictures :(

Altering the United States Declaration of Independence

July 2, 1776

We reached our destination at the Second Continental Congress meeting in Philadelphia. We landed inside the Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall) where Congress approved the Declaration of Independence, severing the colonies' ties to the British Crown. Since Congress debated and revised the declaration during July 1st and July 4th, this was the prime time for us to make our move. In the declaration the committee worked on, it stated, “all men are created equal.” King and I wanted to specify whom “all men” applied to. We decided to suggest to Congress that the declaration should be altered by adding the italicized words:


“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, no matter race or sex, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.”


This would ensure the equality of all men, no matter what skin color, in America. I additionally brought back the Emancipation Proclamation written by future president Abraham Lincoln. Adding to the Emancipation proclamation would ensure freedom of slaves sooner in America, thus creating a more equal society. This would be suggested legislation to congress after they saw our suggested changes. Dr. King and I entered the meeting room and asked for the floor. Martin Luther King Jr. explained who he was and his logic behind the importance of civil rights. King told his “I Have a Dream” speech to win over the Second Continental Congress. He explained, “There will be neither rest nor tranquility in America until the Negro is granted his citizenship rights. The whirlwinds of revolt will continue to shake the foundations of our nation until the bright day of justice emerges.” King rationally inferred the inevitable absence of peace in America without equal civil rights. Congress applauded his moving speech and strong rhetoric and considered altering the Declaration of Independence. To strengthen my point, I passed around a future news report from the American Government Archive stating how the forty-fourth president of the United States, Barack Obama, was an African-American man. The entire Congress displayed shock. They were easily moved by this evidence and could hardly imagine this at the time when slavery was still alive. Next, I passed out copies of the Emancipation Proclamation and spoke of how in the near future slaves will be released, so why not have it occur sooner than later. Congress inspected the documents having a professional verify their credibility. They were astonished at how the near future revealed such a difference, but agreed to change for the betterment of future society. The Declaration of Independence became altered, thus stating all people as equals, and the Emancipation Proclamation was established to become legislation as soon as possible. This proved a very successful journey. Upon the meetings adjournment, Dr. King and I went on our way to the next event, Japanese internment in 1942.

Pennsylvania State House (now Independence Hall)

American Declaration of Independence

Second Continental Congress

Obama's Inauguration

Emancipation Proclamation

Saving Martin Luther King Jr.

April 4, 1968

I successfully arrived on Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination day. I was in the lobby of the Lorraine Motel, where King was to be assassinated at his balcony. I went to the nearest closet so I could change into hotel employee clothes. I put the decoy of Dr. King Jr. under a rolling cart that I planned to take to his room. As soon as I got to the room I knocked on the door. I said, “Room service.” He opened the door after another knock. I told him I had a complimentary dinner for him. He let me in and I explained how I appreciated his great work. After having small talk, I admitted why I was really there. I explained I was from the future. He was in disbelief until I showed him my passport, birth certificate, and my America Past and Present Book by Robert Divine. He voiced utter shock. I explained that I had come to prevent his assassination. He did not understand how I knew he was going to be assassinated so I showed him a video on his assassination from CBS News. The video outlined how and where he died. I told him that I had a plan that would allow him to live and save people from racial discrimination. Dr. King gladly agreed to listen to me. I explained that James Earl Ray, an escaped convict, purchased the rifle that would shoot Dr. King. We set up the decoy on the balcony and waited. While waiting, I told him of my plan to take him back in time to alter the American Declaration of Independence and prevent Japanese interment. He was ecstatic at the thought of creating an America with equal rights for all. He was even more pleased with the thought that he could live longer and spread his thoughts on racial equality and the importance of each person. BANG! James Earl Ray shot the decoy. This gave us the opportunity to travel back in time to alter the Declaration of Independence while laying low. We stepped on the time flux distortion capacitor and went on our way to creating a better future for America.

MLK on balcony

CBS NEWS FOOTAGE


James Earl Ray

Time Flux Distortion Capacitor is Complete!

June 3, 2011

I have finally completed the time flux distortion capacitor. This will allow me to go back in time and prevent modern day racial discrimination. Because Martin Luther King Jr. represents the strongest influence in race relations through his stalwart belief in nonviolent justice, his prominent rhetoric, and his constant leadership through boycotts and marches for civil liberties, I will visit him first. I will prevent Martin Luther King Jr.'s assassination by traveling to April 4, 1968, the day of his assassination and warn him of the impeding danger. I am currently making a decoy MLK Jr. to put on the balcony where he was shot. Once his assassination is avoided, I will bring him back to three major events changing the future forever. He will speak with the Second Continental Congress prior to the finalization of the United States Declaration of Independence. With Martin Luther King's influential rhetoric and convincing arguments on the equality of people, they will surely alter the declaration for the betterment of society in the twenty-first century. Lastly, he will speak with President Franklin D. Roosevelt on February 19, 1942 to talk him out of Executive Order 9066. This order proclaimed the right of Americans to intern the Japanese during World War II. Once all of these events are changed, America's future can become one of great diversity and equality thus eliminating racism. The following log details information upon my return from my journey.