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    Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Martin Luther King Jr.‚ also known as MLK‚ was born on January 15 in 1929 in rural Georgia as Michael King Jr. His father‚ Michael King Sr.‚ became the pastor at Ebenezer Baptist Church in 1931. Later‚ Michael Jr.’s name was changes to Martin Luther in honor of a German Protestant religious leader. Martin had two siblings‚ an older sister and a younger brother. Martin Jr. grew up in secure environment but no matter what his parents did they could not shield him from racism. He was baptized in 1936

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    Martin Luther King Jr

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    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Martin Luther King Jr. was a revolutionary man. He spoke of non-violent ways to create a fair and equal society. He preached that all men are the same and created equal no matter the color of your skin. He was a great public speaker and reached many people in his speeches. Martin King even got to speak to thousands of people at the footsteps of the Lincoln Memorial where he spoke these words. "I have a dream that my four little children

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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcom X both had very different solutions that they proposed to resolve the problem of racial tensions in the United States at the time. Even though their perspective and ideas were almost complete opposites‚ they had some things in common‚ such as both Martin Luther King Jr and Malcom X both backed up their ideas with religion. Despite their differences‚ both King and Malcom X both wanted to secure equal civil rights for African Americans‚ even if they had different ways

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    Malcolm X vs. Martin Luther King Jr. If it is possible‚ as far as it depends on you‚ live at peace with all men. These words spoken by Christ can be found in Romans 12:8 that refer to living in peace with everyone. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X are both men that fought and petitioned for equality for black people. Did they both have different approaches and views on how to obtain said peace and equality? Absolutely. Martin Luther King Jr. believed in the pacifist way for reaching the level

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    their trust also led to the connection with Dr King and the audience. The audience members felt like they knew him even though they did not recognize him personally all these traits combined with the powerfulness in the compassion of his voice you could literally feel the Holy Spirit. All of these things combined allow Dr King the ability to move the audience in a way no one has ever been able to manage it. By the mid-1960s both Malcolm and Martin believed that societal conditions in the black ghettos

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    Henry David Thoreau

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    Henry David Thoreau INTRODUCTION Henry David Thoreau was an American author‚ poet‚ abolitionist‚ naturalist‚ tax resister‚ development critic‚ surveyor‚ historian ‚ philosopher andtranscendentalist. Henry David Thoreau was a complex man of many talents who worked hard to shape his craft and his life. He is best known for his book Walden‚ a reflection upon simple living in natural surroundings‚ and his essay‚ Civil Disobedience‚ an argument for individual resistance to civil government in moral

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    Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech to thousands of protestors at the March on Washington D.C.‚ in 1963. The objective of King’s is to motivate people to stand against racial discrimination. In order to achieve this purpose‚ the author employs the rhetorical techniques of metaphor‚ symbolism and anaphora‚ which are clearly illustrated in his fourth paragraph of Norton Sampler 8th edition by Thomas Cooley no page 635-636. The most frequently used rhetorical

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    MARTIN LUTHER KING JR

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    MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. “I Have a Dream” I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago‚ a great American‚ in whose symbolic shadow we all stand today‚ signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon of hope to millions of negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering

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    Henry David Thoreau

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    pond. Who would choose a life like this? Henry David Thoreau did‚ and he enjoyed it. Who was Henry David Thoreau‚ what did he do‚ and what did others think of his work? Henry David Thoreau was born in Concord‚ Massachusetts on July 12‚ 1817 ("Thoreau" 96)‚ on his grandmother’s farm. Thoreau‚ who was of French-Huguenot and Scottish-Quaker ancestry‚ was baptized as David Henry Thoreau‚ but at the age of twenty he legally changed his name to Henry David. Thoreau was raised with his older sister Helen

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    wanted equality for the blacks. The key people that actually stood up for their rights To get equality for the blacks and they were Martin Luther King and Malcolm x. They both had the same goals which were getting freedom for the black people but had different strategies to achieve their goals. Martin Luther King and Malcolm x had totally different upbringing. Martin Luther was raised in a middle-class family which he was also educated. On the other hand‚ Malcolm x was the opposite he was not born into

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