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    Martin Luther King Jr. was born January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia and died April 4‚ 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. He was a minster‚ American clergyman‚ activist‚ and well known leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. Also‚ he was married to Coretta Scott and they had four children. In addition‚ he received the Noble Peace Prize in 1964. However‚ there isn’t one leader who’s perfect. Also‚ not one of us is perfect‚ so before we start casting stones on others. Also‚ we need to be

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    shadow of the Lincoln Memorial‚ Martin Luther King Jr. rallied 200‚000 who peacefully marched on Washington demonstrating for civil rights. Today Martin Luther King Jr. gave his "I Have a Dream" at the Lincoln Memorial during the Washington D.C. Civil Rights March. Beginning with a reference to the Emancipation Proclamation‚ which freed millions of slaves in 1863‚ King observes that: "one hundred years later‚ the Negro still is not free". At the end of the speech‚ King departed from his prepared text

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most incredible men in the world. He thought that it was not right that African Americans had to drink out of separate water fountains‚ sit in the corner of restaurants in the ‘colored section’‚ or give up there bus seat to a white man because it was the law. Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist that faught bravely for the freedom of himself and for the freedom of others. - Martin Luther King Jr. organized many nonviolent marches to protest against

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    Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” Ted Wilkenfeld Professor Moriarty Composition 0990 April 21‚ 2011 RHETORICAL ANALYSIS 2 Abstract This paper presents an analysis of the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King. The author covers King’s use of support‚ ornamentation/embellishment‚ and other rhetorical techniques. Further‚ the author is quick to contextualize the nature of King’s speech. RHETORICAL ANALYSIS Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” The

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    “Disobedience‚” the word has different connotations. Many people have disobeyed throughout the course of their life‚ considering that rebellion is a natural human instinct. This refusal to obey is a trait that cannot suppress‚ especially in the fight for correct human rights. Martin Luther King Jr. fiercely waged for the rights of African Americans through disobedience acts. Several of the rallies King conducted were unauthorized; the civil rights leader gave speeches in a few of the key centers

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    we follow? As time goes on laws change and new religions are found‚so what happens when temporal law is conflicted with divine law? Here‚ in the story‚ ‘Antigone’‚ that is the conflict of this story. We look at this play though the theories in Martin Luther King’s “Letters from a Birmingham Jail” which talks about the four key facts to civil disobedience:unjust law‚negotiation‚self-purification and direct action. Summary: In the play “Antigone” written by Sophocles‚ Antigone is the daughter of

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    once said by Martin Luther King Jr. King had complete faith and confidence that he would make a difference not knowing what challenges he might face ahead. This very important man influenced the course of history for America and the world. King used his skills and personality to change history for the best. What he did contributed to the unsurpassed success in America today. Based on his ministering‚ his leadership in the Civil Rights Movement‚ and his powerful writing‚ Martin Luther King Jr. is a hero

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    AP English 3 September 2013 Response to “I Have a Dream…” I can’t even imagine what it would be like to be a Black American during this time because of the huge difference Martin Luther King Jr. has made. Even though I never experienced this era‚ I can feel the hatred and mistreatment that racism has caused to black people through this speech. I can sense the urgency to have equal rights‚ because Martin Luther is clearly speaking from his heart‚ his own feelings. The way he starts his speech

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    In the “I have a Dream” speech by Dr. Martin luther king Jr. Martin Pursads the aduance that all people are craeted equily and that we should all be equil with one another and be friends and to stop the rcesim and make peace with one another. The speech “I Have a Dream” by Dr. Martin luther king Jr is most comppeling because it uses uses dictation and illustion and gives examples on why African Americans are not treated equily as whites and tells why all men and woman need to be equil.The key message

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    Savannah Major February 23‚ 2013 Hon. English/ H.3 Philosophies of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X The late 1950s to mid-1960s was a time when violence and injustice had reached its peak. Many people were treated unfairly and the mood of the country overall was very gloomy and unhappy. Martin Luther King and Malcolm X were both very well-known activists who fought to make things equal and right. Both activists shared similar beliefs against the racial injustice brought against African Americans

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