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    Today‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. is distinguished as a hero for the permanent legislation he empowered‚ but for his delivery of his hopes and dreams he shared with the nation during the civil rights era. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ first stepped into the national spotlight in late 1955 when he led an African American bus boycott in Montgomery‚ Alabama (Biography.com Editors). King experienced racism in early years and claimed he always wanted to do something to make the world a fairer place for African

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    The iconic image I have selected is ‘I have a dream’ speech by Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and activist who became the most visible spokesperson and leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using the tactics of nonviolence and civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. This picture was taken after he gave his speech in which he calls for an end to racism in the United States and

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    Film Noir‚ meaning “black film’ in French‚ was the trending style and genre in American culture between the 1940s and the 1950s. It is a combination of European cynicism and the American landscape. Film Noir has its origins from German Expressionism and French Poetic Realism. Nino Frank‚ who was a French film critic‚ was the first to introduce this black and white genre to Hollywood in 1946. Many of the directors who introduced Film Noir where refugees from Nazi‚ Germany. From that moment in time

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    The speech I read is the ‘I have a dream’ speech by Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. The speech was delivered on August 23‚ 1968‚ in the American capital of Washington D. C. by a man many people acclaimed to be a great revolutionary. However‚ there was nothing revolutionary about this man‚ but he was only affirming and restating the promises of the country’s founding fathers which is denied to certain people and enjoyed by the white supremacist. Some argued that the speech calls for the emancipation of

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man‚ but what was he really like? well from his famous speech I’ve been on a mountaintop we learn that he was a very caring person. Not only that but martin also showed a very determined and helpful spirit‚ but how can we tell that this was a part of his personality‚ well in his speech it shows his personality and his beliefs best. Martin talked about a lot of things but in this speech we see that his focus was on human rights and bettering a community that was

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    Although there are many important points made in this film‚ I believe the following three points are the most important. The first point that I believe is a defining moment in this film is when David‚ the older brother of King George Vl‚ upon the death of King George V‚ their father‚ assumed the throne. But David was involved with his mistress‚ Ms. Wallace Simpson‚ who was from the United States. The night that King George V passed away‚ David hugged his mother and ran out of the room crying. David

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    Statement by Eight Alabama Clergymen” it has stated that the law was handling this situation in a “calm manner”. Saying that they will remain calm and continue to protect the city from violence. In the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King says that the statement on how the Birmingham police “warmly states that they are keeping order and preventing violence”. He said that they have “dogs sinking their teeth into unarmed‚ nonviolent Negros”. The treatment of Negros by the police was “ugly

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    it would be like to be a slave? I think it would be horrifying. Martin Luther King Jr. wanted everyone to have the same dream of freedom and equality for everyone that he had. SO that we may all have the privilege to live a free and normal life in the future. MLK’s speech was very compelling because he used such wonderful grammar and sentence structure that it gave him authority and credibility. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to replace violence and hatred with lovet fit together. These also help

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    The I Have A Dream Speech was created and read loudly to a massive group of civil rights protesters in front of the Lincoln memorial in Washington‚ D.C. by Martin Luther King JR. He made this speech to fight for the rights of discrimination of the African Americans who were treated as lesser humans‚ consequently‚ his dream was for the American people to come together and realize that everyone is equal. When he reads “I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia sons of former slaves and

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    French Film Noir: Touchez pas au Grisbi and Ascenseur pour l’échafaud Azaria Wassyihun Film Noir is often regarded as a uniquely American phenomenon. The particular context these films were produced in‚ marked by the post-war period‚ infused these films with a unique style Hollywood had never encountered before. America might have been the adequate setting for this unique phenomenon to occur‚ but film noir would not be the same without it’s international aspects. Famous Austrian born directors

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