Our history fair project is for “Taking a Stand in History” is on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. We chose Dr. King as our topic for this project because we think he was a very brave individual who fought for equal rights for colored men and women. Dr. King definitely took a stand in history by giving speeches‚ leading marches‚ and doing everything he could for black America all the while staying peaceful and nonviolent. I think this particular topic is important because King has done a lot for our country
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who stood strong in advocating justice and equality. King believed in nonviolent civil disobedience and wanted to bring an end to the constant racial segregation faced by the blacks in Birmingham‚ Alabama. In April 1963‚ while protesting for struggled equality of the blacks in Birmingham‚ King and the other protestors were arrested and jailed. While serving his jail term‚ King wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” as a retort to the moderate‚ white
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"Carl Sagan would be pleased. It is his The Demon-Haunted World that opens with a story concerning a taxi driver: The driver‚ once realizing it is Carl Sagan‚ "that scientist guy‚" in his cab’s backseat‚ proceeds to bombard Sagan with questions about truly scientific issues in the vein of "channeling‚" "Nostradamus‚ astrology‚ the shroud of Turin." And the driver presents each of these subjects "with a buoyant enthusiasm." Yet Sagan disappoints him. With a list of facts‚ Sagan tells the man
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The Great Cal Ripken Jr In the book My Story by Cal Ripken Jr and Mike Bryan‚ it shares the stories of the great Cal Ripken Jr. Cal Ripken is considered to be one of the greatest baseball players of all time. Cal played on the Baltimore Orioles from 1981-2001 and was nicknamed Iron Man. The book talks about his successful life and the obsticals that he had to pass to get to being a Major Leaguer. Cal Ripken Jr was born on August 24‚ 1960 in Havre De Grace and was raised in Aberdeen Maryland
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In the years since his assassination on April 4‚ 1968‚ as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis‚ Tennessee‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ has evolved from a prominent civil rights leader into the symbol for the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. He is studied by schoolchildren of all backgrounds; his words are quoted by the powerless and the powerful‚ by anyone who has a dream to make her or his life better‚ to better the nation‚ or the world. Monuments have been dedicated
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Chris McCandless or better known as Alex Supertramp are similar people in many ways when it comes to being different than other people‚ but they are also very different in their own unique and special ways. Both of them stepped out of the traditional bounds of society by not being like other people. Not many people would protest for their rights such as Martin Luther King did and many people wouldn’t want to live off the land in Alaska such as Chris McCandless did. Even
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Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr’s life has greatly influenced my life by giving more rights to blacks‚ using powerful words to get his message across‚and being non-violent.. Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr used nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christianity belief. It is pretty hard to be nonviolent when you see your own kind being tortured and killed constantly. Dr. King was a very strong man. Martin Luther King gave more rights to blacks. If he did not give this speech‚ then I would not be going
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non-violently. Through tireless effort and charismatic speeches‚ King was able to mobilize countless people from across the political‚ racial‚ and religious spectrum to his cause. He always knew he must be accepting to be accepted. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ made history‚ but he was also transformed by his deep family roots in the African-American Baptist church‚ his formative experiences in his hometown of Atlanta‚ his theological studies‚ his varied models of religious and political leadership‚ and
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Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln both helped tremendously as civil rights leaders. The civil rights movement took place in the 1950s and 1960s. The civil rights movement gave blacks equal rights under law in the United States (“Civil Rights Movement - Black History - HISTORY.com‚” n.d.). Martin Luther King Jr. and Abraham Lincoln were both great civil rights leaders. In 1964‚ Martin Luther King Jr. won the Nobel Peace Prize (Rappaport‚ 2001). Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the
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What makes a great leader Martin Luther King Jr was one of the most influential leaders in America’s history. Wanting to make a difference‚ he gave African Americans a bigger voice and helped Caucasian Americans see what was happening in America and showed how the segregation between white and colored people had to be changed. He was able to gain support and give people hope that there was something better than what they had in that time period. These were only a couple of the many of characteristics
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