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    Why was Martin Luther King Jr. a good leader? Martin Luther King Jr. was a good leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He lead the March On Washington which was to end racial discrimination. Martin Luther King Jr. was a great leader before‚during The Civil Rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. had a purpose by giving his “I Have A Dream” speech. King gave the speech August 28‚ 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial. One of his purposes was to changed some people’s minds about racism. Martin Luther King Jr’s

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    broader understanding of peace through Sacred texts‚ The Just War Theory and Pacifism‚ and also through significant people. From this‚ it guides adherents to provide and create positive relationships amongst others to promote peace around the world. As said by Martin Luther King Jr. who strongly believes in world peace stated “peace is not merely a distant goal that we seek‚ but a means by which we arrive at that goal” as this quote emphasises that peace is a factor that is something distant to achieve

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    Martin Luther King Jr. is a World Changer Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American who fought for Civil Rights for “Colored” people of America. Martin was a world changer and he was a hero to many. Martin was an inspirational person that used peaceful protests to gain the rights for African Americans. He had inspired many young African Americans to join the Civil Rights Movement and to help perform peaceful protests such as sit-ins and boycotts. Martin stayed true to himself and persevered

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    empathize‚ was also his crucial political innovation” (94). Martin Luther King was also a leader who believed in peaceful protests and the power of empathy. King’s depression helped him realize that people must accept their sadness‚ suffering‚ or unhappiness instead of attempting to push it away and internalize the emotions. He was a powerful speaker‚ appealing to the pathos of a listener‚ because he himself understood the feeling of being helpless‚ alone‚ and at the lowest possible point. King used tactics

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was certainly a very kind hearted man. He was very kind and fought for peace with peaceful acts. Something that I thought was cool is that he had all of these people listening to him and he could have easily overthrown the government but instead he was peaceful and never used violence against people.“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.”(Martin Luther King Jr.) Martin Luther King has a very large amount of meaningful quotes. Martin Luther King

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    Immediately following the success of the Montgomery Boycott‚ King‚ along with his fellow clergyman‚ Ralph Abernathy‚ founded the SCLC and set to work organizing a number of protests and marches. With the understanding that a point had to be made publicly‚ King targeted the most segregated city in the South‚ Birmingham‚ Alabama. The Birmingham campaign was nonviolent‚ with the intent to incite. King planned out protest marches and sit-ins‚ in a strategic master plan to break laws he felt unjust‚ in

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    Martin Luther King Jr. changed/impacted the world in many different ways‚ he showed people how blacks were being treated. He stopped segregation by his words and not fighting he was able to get the “whites only” signs taken down in the city(How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the world for better.” Truth Tellers‚ 7 May 2014‚ truthtellersblogg.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/69/). He wanted people to change the way that they viewed African Americans‚ he wanted blacks to feel as if they had the same rights

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    goals of the American Civil Rights movement was to give all people‚ regardless of race‚ equal rights. In the United States‚ civil rights are supposed to be for all people. Throughout history‚ people have had to fight for their rights when others tried to deny them. Today‚ all people enjoy the benefits of civil rights advocates. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most important civil rights leaders and because of him‚ there are equal rights today. Martin Luther King Jr. was inspired by numerous

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    America called for a change in humanity. The change is the Civil Rights Movement. The Civil Rights Movement was a movement in which African Americans urged to have the same lives as that of the Americans. Whether it is a way of human conflict or a way to survive the conflict‚ this movement is an important part of our society’s growth and expansion into a modern society. The Civil Rights Movement served as the most significant movement‚ it also was the beginning of true fairness for the African Americans

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    Good Friday in 1963‚ Rev. Martin Luther KingJr. led 53 blacks on a march in downtown Birmingham to protest the cities segregation laws. The Birmingham police arrested all of the demonstrators‚ including King. This caused the clergymen of Birmingham to compose a letter pleading with the black population to end their demonstrations. This letter appeared in The Birmingham Newspaper where the imprisoned Martin Luther King read it (Amistad Digital Resource). In response‚ King drafted a letter that would

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