 what was going on in that time period you know I even talked about Martin Luther King jr. referencing the civil right how did he defend the civil rights movement well he's a reverend talked a lot about the Bible talk a lot about the biblical influences there and so the reality is is that it has played a major role throughout American history I'm even before America was a country you go back to the Mayflower compact and what the pilgrims talked about why they left the European continent so I