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    allowed great leaders among the black community to emerge. One such leader is Martin Luther King Jr.‚ an inspiring and symbolic figure for civil right movements around the world. His leadership and determination in his campaigns against racial discrimination and his campaign to help the deprived people of the United States show that King is a courageous and skillful leader. Throughout his lifetime Martin Luther King Jr. staged many movements to gain rights for the black community of America. One

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man and an important part of the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. King was a Baptist Minister and a social activist. He was born on January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia at their family home. He was the second child of Martin Luther King‚ Sr. and Alberta Williams King (The King Center‚ About Dr. King). Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott King‚ together they had four children. Dr. King’s goal as an activist was to try and achieve equality for African Americans

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    views are so drastically opposite. Martin Luther KingJr. preached about equality and the desire for peaceful protest. Malcolm X promoted black supremacy and rejected the idea of integration. While Martin Luther KingJr. and Malcolm X agreed that black people should not be treated as lower class citizens‚ they were different when it came to continuing segregation because of class rank and the backgrounds they came from. To begin with‚ Martin Luther KingJr. and Malcolm X were similar because

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    Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Martin Luther KingJr. and Malcolm X were very important to our country’s history. They are revolutionary men. They fought battles against a bigoted nation. They fought for what they believed was right. The two gentlemen however fought very different battles although they seem to be fighting the same prejudice. If you ask anyone today‚ that remembers the movement‚ ‘Who was Malcolm X and Martin Luther KingJr? The opinions you will hear will

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    Martin Luther King Jr.’s "Letter from Birmingham Jail" was a response to "A Call for Unity" by eight white clergymen. His letter was a rebuttal to the clergymen’s unjust proposals. He informs the clergymen of his views and the reasons for his “direct action” on the issue of desegregation. King also attacks the “white moderate” on their actions and expresses his disappointment with their unconstitutional measures. His powerful words‚ "...it is even more unfortunate that the city’s white power structure

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    Martin Luther King JR. and Abraham Lincoln were heros for the blacks and slaves and will go down in history .Both are very known for addressing the racism of the United States Of America . Both of these men protested and spoke about racism‚ Martin Luther King JR. fought for blacks to be equal with whites and other races and Abraham Lincoln talked for slaves to be freed from the union and their slave owners . They both wanted to succeed in very similar goals to help blacks and slaves. Martin

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    but Martin Luther King gave us a very motivational speech saying that all people should be treated equal and not based on race. The speech we hear most about is the “ I Had a Dream” speech. Martin Luther King said “If you can’t fly‚ then run‚ if you can’t run‚ then walk‚ if you can’t walk‚ then crawl‚ but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” (http://parade.com/) Martin Luther King Jr. was not well known when he was born when he died almost all of the world knew about him. Martin Luther

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    Research Report-Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a major Civil Rights leader‚ once said¨I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin‚ but by the content of their character¨.This was a very inspirational line by Martin Luther King Jr. from the March On Washington during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. Americans.In the book of Glory Field‚ Thomas (or Tommy) Lewis‚ a part of the Lewis family‚ wanted

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    A reformer who sought to change the ways of the Catholic Church was Martin Luther (1483-1546). Instead‚ he created a new branch of Christianity called Protestantism. He created this branch and also created new music to go along with it. One of his best known chorales is Ein feste Burg est unser Gott (A Mighty Fortress is Our God). This chorale set the framework for his branch of Christianity. The chorale he composed was so well-known that future composers used it in their pieces as well. This includes

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    book of David Howard-Pitney’s Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Malcolm X‚ and the Civil Rights Struggle of the 1950s and 1960s we can deduce the situation in the United States during the sixties. The most important leaders of the Civil Rights movements were Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. They were the representatives of the Afro-American revolt against discrimination and racism. The two leaders shared the same goal but differed in their approaches. Martin Luther King was a moderate leader‚ while Malcom

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