that Martin Luther King Jr. used in his speech is “one day even the state of Mississippi‚ a desert state‚ sweltering in the heat of injustice and oppression‚ will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.” I like this one because Mississippi was a horrible state that threatened African Americans‚ but King gave the people hope that even states like that can change. “One hundred years later” is the repetition that I find the most captivating to me. I love this repetition because king uses
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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 who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience
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Smith‚ Jessica October 16‚ 2012 Moral Decisions In life there are always either negative or positive consequences when an action is made. In Martin Luther King Jr.’s essay “Letter from Birmingham Jail‚” he evaluates how one can advocate breaking some laws and obeying others. The reason it is possible to do such a thing is because there are two different types of laws‚ just and unjust. Depending on one’s morals‚ it can be morally right to advocate breaking some laws and obeying others
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Dillon Brown Professor Hershenberg 3 December 2012 Government DC Bill Gates Bill Gates is an extraordinary man in the world of technology‚ as everybody knows from making the groundbreaking software “Microsoft”‚ to working to make better and more powerful computers for today’s world. However‚ the impact has had effects far more than just the technological world. With his charity work and strong beliefs‚ he has shown to be a well known advocate for making the world a better place. So this is
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Birmingham Jail¨ Martin Luther King Jr uses many rhetorical devices that help make his letter emphasis more on the problem that many African-Americans were facing before and during the civil rights movements. In the the letter King uses techniques like repetition to bring more focus and meanings to his ideas‚ allusion to relate to an event that explains King’s motivation‚ and pathos to bring the reader to feel what he feels through what he has written. An example of repetition that King uses is on paragraph
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is William Henry Gates III‚ better known as Bill Gates‚ founder of the company Microsoft. Without his major contributions to computers‚ technology would most likely not be the way it is today. Also‚ without his foundation‚ the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation‚ there would be numerous negative changes in the world. William Henry Gates III was born on October 28th‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington with his two sisters‚ Kristi and Libby. He was the second child of William Henry Gates II‚ a Seattle Attorney
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Over half a century ago‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic “I Have a Dream” speech in which he calls for an end to racism. Through his civility and nonviolent resistance‚ Dr. King became an emblem for the Civil Rights movement of the 1960’s. This movement inspired others‚ not just within the African-American community‚ to take a stand against racial discrimination and social injustice and to fight for equality‚ the underrepresented‚ the disenfranchised. There have been many individuals since
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Bill Gates‚ the co-founder and one-time CEO of Microsoft Corporation‚ is a man that I have admired from the moment I first heard about him. Bill along with his long time friend Paul Allen founded Micro-soft in 1975. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desktop and in every home‚ they began developing software for personal computers. In America today‚ 2 out of every 3 homes have a computer. Gates’ foresight and vision regarding personal computing
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Des Dearlove Doing Business the Bill Gates Way 1. Explain what you think is interesting about Bill Gates and his career. William Henry Gates III was born on October 28‚ 1955 in Seattle‚ Washington. Bill Gates was born into a very intellectual and well educated family. Throughout the book‚ we receive an impression of him as a very curious person who always seeks for new knowledge. At the age of eight or nine‚ he began to read his family’s encyclopaedia and his interest in technology at a very
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Only‚ Bill Gates Who was Bill Gates? Is he an anonymous man who is rich‚ or a successful person? William Henry "Bill" Gates is more than just an ordinary being. Born on October 28‚ 1955‚ the current chairman of Microsoft‚ Bill Gates founded the world’s largest personal-computer software company. He was the world’s wealthiest people and was the wealthiest from 1995 to 2009. During his career at Microsoft‚ Gates was CEO and big computer programmer. He has also authored several books. Gates is one
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