The play “Antigone‚” by Sophocles displays an interesting storyline in which the main characters Antigone and Creon undergo various obstacles due to their actions. Throughout the play‚ Antigone attempts to secure a respectable burial for her brother Polyneices. By choosing to protest and defy Creon’s rule‚ Antigone unquestionably breaks the law. However‚ her defiance does not seem like an act of civil disobedience against injustice because Antigone was acting in her own self-interest when considering
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The I Have A Dream Speech was created and read loudly to a massive group of civil rights protesters in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington‚ D.C. by Martin Luther King JR. He made this speech to fight for the rights of discrimination of the African Americans who were treated as lesser humans‚ consequently‚ his dream was for the American people to come together and realize that everyone is equal. When he reads “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and
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Complexity of the Civil Rights Struggle Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were labeled as extremists however they both had different reasons that led them to be labeled this way. At the end of the day it is evident that neither of these two activists were extreme because they were simply asking for what should have never been taken away from them-their freedom. The idea of taking direct action and changing things for the better were all things that Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X dedicated
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Martin Luther King‚ Jr is a great black man who accomplished many things for the Negros. Martin Luther King‚ Jr is a pastor and head leader of the Christian church. At his time there was many racism going on against the Negros. Blacks would suffer from violence and discrimination from the whites. Colored people did not have the same rights as the American whites. For years‚ the discrimination and racism was going on. But a firm believer of freedom‚ Pastor Jr was determined to fight for equal rights
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With the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement in 1954‚ African Americans were determined to gain peace for their race while holding the government accountable for the growing racism and racial inequality within the country. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were human and civil rights leaders who strove to find solutions to eliminate racial inequality issues that had consumed the United States of America for decades. However‚ King and Malcolm held differing views on solutions and approaches
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Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia. In high school‚ Martin Luther King Jr was an excellent public speaker and very smart. During high school‚ he skipped two grades; ninth and twelveth. At the age of fifteen‚ he began his college education at Morehouse. Martin Luther King Jr continued his education and became a pastor. Martin Luther King Jr became very active in the civil rights movement‚ which led to his assassination on April 4‚ 1968. Truly‚ Martin Luther
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Inquiry Question: Who had a more civil approach? What are the differences between them based on their approaches? Whose approaches led to less controversy? Courage‚ leadership‚ open-mindedness and hard-working. These qualities describe what it means to be a civil rights activist. A civil rights activist is a hero that dedicates themselves to fighting for equality for groups of people. Without them‚ there would still be a lot of controversy and inequality in the world. In the eyes of many people
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The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is the newest memorial to be built in Washington D.C. The memorial was finished with construction in the summer of 2011. This memorial celebrates the life of one of the most influential leaders of the Civil Rights era‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. This is a reminder of Dr. Kings’ powerful impact on the country and even the world. It was only right that a memorial was built in Washington D.C. to honor the life of this powerful man. Dr. Kings’ memorial is located
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Martin Luther King Jr was born on January 15‚ 1929 as Michael King Jr. He lived with his parents‚ grandparents‚ and his two siblings. When Martin was a child‚ he wanted to grow up to be a fireman. Little did he know he would become a famous‚ heroic person. Who would change the lives of millions of people. Martin Luther King Jr was a strong‚ inspirational leader. He believed African Americans should be treated better. This powerful man believed in peace and justice for African Americans. He knew
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Martin Luther King was a civil right activist and Christian preacher who expressed the reasons behind the reasons of why african americans were protesting for their civil rights through a letter to the clergymen in Birmingham. King goes on to express his argument by giving an idea on what african americans go through in a society where police brutality and denial of freedom is present in the everyday lives of african americans in Birmingham. He pushes his purpose even further by getting the clergymen
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