wrote about who he thinks Barack Obama is and why he thought he should be president: ” ….that’s the man I want to run my country: the man who has the courage to do what’s best for all of us‚ and not to compromise because it provides him with some short-term gain. Show me the man that will risk losing the election because he won’t compromise his values‚ and I’ll show you the man that deserves the right to be called the President of the United States of America.” -from “Barack Obama’s Integrity” by
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In the prominent “I Have a Dream” speech‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. prophesied the reality of our present: “One hundred years later‚ the life of the Negro is still sadly crippled by the manacles of segregation and the chains of discrimination.” Fifty more years of suffrage‚ pain‚ and deceit would be waved into the African American culture. You are a shackle being dragged through the trenches of a prolonging oppression. Learning about the suffrage individuals go through has taught me to appreciate
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far has the importance of Martin Luther King been exaggerated in terms of improving conditions for black people living in America during the Civil rights struggle? Even after slavery was abolished in 1865‚ black people still felt as second citizens because of the deep segregation that was going on in the southern states of America. The black people felt this way because the new Jim Crow Laws that was invented‚ laws such as black’s children and white children must be in a completely different
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our textbook is shown in many different parts of Martin Luther King Jr’s speech. Freedom can be seen in symbols as well as images. Freedom can also be seen in the short story “ Censors‚” by Luisa Valenzuela by her stating the lack of freedom and how came to be. The topic of Freedom can be seen throughout Dr. King’s speech when he tries to “ urge the congress to pass over the civil rights bill and let them fight for what’s right. Also in King’s speech he states the Bad Check‚ he states. “ For this
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On September 8th 2009‚ the president of The United States‚ Barack Obama gave a speech called “Back to School”. The speech was about the responsibility that you have as a young individual - responsibility you have for yourself‚ your teachers‚ parents‚ and your country. Obama mentions‚ among other things‚ that you have to attend school to find out what your good at‚ and what you want to make of your future. He says that without education your never going to get the job you want most. He says that
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Martin Luther King‚ Jr. gave us many examples of how to handle conflict without physically hurting someone. There are ways I handle conflicts without being violent. I will tell you about them. When my friends are fighting I tell them many things‚ but one of the most important things I tell them is to treat others the way they want to be treated. When my friends don’t agree‚ I try to get them to talk about the problem and how we can fix it. For example‚ if two friends are fighting over another
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Martin Luther King was known for his legendary “I Have a Dream” speech and his brave and courageous words to help the society to accept the color people and have equal rights. Therefore‚ in this speech‚ “Beyond Vietnam”‚ Martin Luther King wants to persuade that war aren’t doing any justices for the country nor the country’s freedom. In this excerpt‚ Martin Luther King‚ with perseverance‚ he tries conveyed people that wealthy nation are defeating the poorer nations which that is not the best way
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What would the world be like if we didn’t have Malcolm X? The social and economic ravages of Jim Crow era racism were all-encompassing and deep-rooted. Yet like a phoenix rising from the ashes of lynch mobs‚ debt peonage‚ residential and labor discrimination‚ and rape‚ the black freedom movement raised a collective call of "No More”! Who’s philosophy is better MLK or Malcolm X? Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.‚ January 15‚ 1929 – April 4‚ 1968) was an American Baptist minister and activist
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Hawaii‚ Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States. He was a civil-rights lawyer and teacher before pursuing a political career. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996‚ serving from 1997 to 2004. He w as elected to the U.S. presidency in 2008‚ and won re-election in 2012 against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. President Obama continues to enact policy changes in response to the issues of health care and economic crisis. Barack Hussein Obama was born
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Attending the Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. Convocation‚ I realized that it was my first time attending an event aimed at diversity since being on campus. I think that it was a good way to reintroduce myself to this issue and how the Otterbein campus is taking steps towards working to a more accepting stance. The only problem I had with the event was the way the speaker classified American families into four categories: Bigoted‚ Color-blind‚ Patronizing‚ and Racially Educated. I think that her
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