Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination is not so much in the physical act‚ but rather the legacy he left behind. African-Americans have mainly Dr. King to thank for their equal rights and growing power in society. As leader of the Civil Rights Movement‚ he worked tirelessly and gave
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The Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. One of the most well-known quotes of all time is “I have a dream.” The day Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I have a dream speech” he gave hope to millions. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great leader and will never be forgotten. Because of his strong belief for equal rights‚ he had many groups of society that hated him because they did not want the ways society views blacks to be changed. Because of the many people who had hatred towards Martin Luther King
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L.B. U.S. History 1 H 4B 11 April 2013 Abraham Lincoln’s Assassination The sixteenth President of the United States‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ was assassinated on April 14‚ 1865. This period of time in American history will forever be marked by his tragic death. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth‚ a Confederate sympathizer at Ford’s Theater. Booth‚ along with Lewis Powell and George Atzerodt planned to bring chaos among the federal government and have the Confederacy step in to overthrow them (Boardman
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fruits than strict justice” (Abraham Lincoln Quotes article title). When Abraham Lincoln was assassinated the nation was affected in many ways. The union and confederates did not known how to get the nation back together. Two ways that Lincoln’s assassination affected the nation was that the original plan for reconstruction changed and his death created a larger time period of racism‚ segregation‚ and discrimination. If Lincoln had survived‚ his plans for reconstruction would have been successful
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The main cause of their death is due to the hatred against their political ideals/views. Lincoln and Kennedy seem to share a connection on the effect of civil rights soon after their drastic assassination. Kennedy’s death helped improve the space program and the race to space agenda. Prior to his assassination‚ he proposed that “This nation should commit itself to achieving the goal‚ before the decade is out‚ of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth.” President Kennedy’s
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On April 14‚ 1865‚ John Wilkes Booth blew a fatal shot to president Abraham Lincoln at a play at Ford’s theatre in Washington D.C. The attack was five days after Robert E. Lee‚ a confederate general‚ surrendered army effectively ending the Civil War. The search for John Wilkes Booth was one of the largest manhunts in history. 10‚000 troops‚ detectives‚ and police were trying to track down the assassin. Although‚ Booth had not only planned to kill the president. He plotted against Vice President
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John Wilkes‚ who is the first person to assassinate the president. Wilkes used to be a man who enthusiastically enjoyed be on stage and his was during around Civil War‚ 1864. When Booth was in Maryland‚ (also born there) he is an Confederate who sympathize during the war and supported the idea of slavery. When he noticed about Lincoln’s election‚ he believed that Lincoln would try to overthrow the Constitution and destroy South primary source.On November 1864‚ Lincoln’s reelection Booth decide to
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Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X Christian Hamlin HIS/145 01/30/2014 Professor Lucht Witness to the assassination of Malcolm X The death of the great Malcolm X was a most tragic day. On February 21‚ 1965 Malcolm X was preparing to address the Organization of Afro-American Unity in Manhattan’s Audubon Ballroom where he was gunned down by three men‚ one of the gunmen was a member of the Nation of Islam Talmadge Hayer (Journal‚ 2014). Malcolm X was a great leader not because he wanted
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be sworn into office at 2:39 p.m. The oath of office was taken in Air Force One as it sat on the Dallas airport runway. The oath was witnessed by 30 people‚ including Jacqueline Kennedy who was wearing blood stained clothes from her husband’s assassination. Seven minutes later the jet would take off to Washington. The death of the President was felt greatly by the nation and around the world. People would ask each other questions such as “Where were you when JFK died?” And others wondered if Lyndon
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On June 28th 1914 Franz Ferdinand the Archduke of Austria-Este was assassinated. A 19 year old man that goes by the name of Gavrilo Princip apart of the black hand group assassinated Franz Ferdinand and his wife. The assassination lead to other events that eventually caused World war one. Belgium’s ports were close to the British Coast and during the war Germany took control of Belgium. This was a major threat to Britain. On August 4th 1914 Germany attacked France through Belgium and within hours
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