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    have helped shape our world and what we are able to do. If we were to take a moment to understand and realize that if we didn’t have the figures and heros that we did and still do‚ or if certain events were to not occur the world be a different place. Martin Luther King Jr had tried to bring people together with many things‚ and one of those things was the foundations of The Southern Christian Leadership Conference.King must have been very driven to make sure that the SCLC would work. He had put a

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    by different leaders. Nelson Mandela was afflicted with barriers characterized by a series of external adversities. He was imprisoned for a long period of time and subjugate to inhumane living conditions (Marable‚ 50). He was also rid of the support of his fellow

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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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    Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech on August 28‚ 1963‚ at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Many though it was the greatest speech given in history. I Have a Dream" became the aims of the march and the entire civil rights movement. His dream represented the dream of millions of Americans demanding a free‚ equal‚ and just nation. Lyndon Johnson‚ delivered his “The Great Society” speech on May 22‚ 1964 at the University of Michigan. Johnson spoke to the college

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    the Civil Rights Movement‚ Martin Luther King chose to take that role to solve the unjust oppression that was occurring. King possessed the characteristics of a great leader; believing in equality‚ non-violent civil disobedience and a strong call to action. Through these‚ King was able to be a successful leader to the oppressed and had a strong influence across the world. The drive of the Civil Rights Movement was the segregation and prejudice that minorities faced. King writes “A Letter from Birmingham

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    Martin Luther KingJr. born in 1925 January 15th Atlanta‚ Georgia was an american activist‚ humanitarian‚ and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He was born as Michael King Jr. first and was the middle child in his family. Even though his father Martin Luther King Sr. was quite strict with the kids i the family‚ his mother’s (Alberta Williams King) gentleness balanced everything out‚ so he grew up in a safe and loving environment. When he was 12 years old his grandmother died

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    Desegregation in America: Martin Luther King Jr. “‘Nineteen sixty-three is not an end‚ but a beginning.’” (Washington 218) said Martin Luther King Junior as he preached to the American Nation from the Washington capital. Dr. King refers to a dream of his‚ entailing the idea of a colorblind society where‚ “all men are created equal”‚ as stated in the American’ creed. Desegregation in America has come a long way since this speech in 1963. During this time‚ African Americans were belittled and harassed

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    to forgive your sins and for tonight only Pope Leo X is willing to sell you one.” Fear rushes over you. As you look around you see a monk. That monk’s name is Martin Luther. You don’t know it yet but religion is going to change thanks to Luther. Martin Luther was a german monk and

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    Gates and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These two men used their minds to think of a way to forge a path of innovation‚ Bill Gates revolutionized the way that our world operates on a technical scale. If not for Gates who knows where the world would be or if this report would even be possible in the format that it is being typed in. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was also an innovator‚ he had a dream or a desire to be treated as an equal and to not be judged by the color of his skin

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    Martin Luther King jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a pastor‚ activist and a humanitarian. King wasn’t interested in following in his dad’s footsteps; however‚ he later changed his mind and that is when his legacy started and changes were bound to be made. Martin Luther king Jr. was the most influential person to the 20th century of American history because of the major changes that he brought forth to African American citizens in the United States; he helped pass the Civil Rights Act of 1964‚ the

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