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    This paper will discuss what Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Fredrick Douglass‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ and Benazir Bhutto have to say about civil disobedience; though coming from different backgrounds they still have the same views or beliefs. This will be done by looking at Martin Luther King Jr.’s work The Letter from Birmingham Jail‚ Fredrick Douglass’s from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ and Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience and comparing what these authors have

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    Martin Luther was a key figure in the movement‚ for he started the Protestant Reformation. Luther was born in the Holy Roman Empire. His father wanted him to become a lawyer‚ and his father took him to a different school. But he went to college after that school and learned philosophy‚ astronomy‚ geometry‚ and arithmetic. Then one day he was walking around‚ and a thunderstorm came‚ and almost got stuck by lightning; he said it was a sign from God and said he would become a monk. Instead of continuing

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    community. Ebenezer was a spiritual home for many people‚ and the church had established different programs and groups to support the black community. This red-bricked church no longer hosts church services today because Ebenezer is now a part of the Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Site. Ebenezer is supported by the National Park Service‚ and there is no cost of admission to enter the facility. It is amazing that the church is open to the public to view and learn about the cultural and political

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    “We have waited for more than 340 years for our constitutional and God-given rights. The nations of Asia and Africa are moving with jet-like speed toward gaining political independence‚ but we still creep at horse-and-buggy pace toward gaining a cup of coffee at a lunch counter. Perhaps it is easy for those who have never felt the stinging darts of segregation to say‚ “Wait.” But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim; when

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    If he had sneezed‚ Dr. Martin Luther King would not have been able to tell his speech “I’ve been to the mountaintop”. Martin Luther King‚ a very inspirational person‚ had an empowering and determined attitude in his final speech before passing. He battled for what he wanted and spoke up non-violently with his followers. He felt the need to fight for the sanitation workers‚ for his followers civil right‚ and for their equality. With every situation‚ he tried to make a solution. In King’s speech

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    control of ensuring the equality for all in the 21st century. Their protests have led to important changes in the judicial system and with law enforcement. The protest that has led to change has been because the campaigns that have followed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s guidance from his “Letter from Birmingham City Jail”. These campaigns include the collection of the facts to determine whether injustices are alive‚ negotiation‚ self-purification‚ and direct action. The protests that have not seen change

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    A wise man once said‚ “Whatever your life’s work is‚ do it well.” That wise man was Martin Luther King Jr. Mr. King lived in a time where the concept of respect and admiration was few and far between. Although Mr. King lived in a world like this‚ he saw the potential for the world to use its God given talents. Martin Luther King Jr. also saw a world that needed a wake up call. With his ministries‚ he intended to give the world just that. The world today is forever grateful for what he did for us

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    . Martin Luther King attended segregated schools as a child‚ but was exceptionally smart and was able to attend Morehouse College at the age of 15. Although his primary studies were law and medicine‚ King decided to follow his religious call and become a minister as well. In 1953 King graduated with his doctorate in Systematic Theology and married Coretta Scott. King settled down in Montgomery Alabama and became a father of four

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    My Hero MLK Jr. “I have a DREAM” That’s what my hero said. Martin Luther King Jr. was born into an African American family during a very racist time period where segregation was a key term for the lives of people. Martin Luther King Jr. is one of the greatest heroes of all time because of the ways he stood tall against the crowd for what he believes in and what he knew was true. MLK is one of my all time heroes because of the way he took his stand against racism and tried to defeat it. One of the

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    Spoken Language: Investigate the was political speakers use language to persuade or influence their audiences Martin Luther King was a social equality extremist in the United States in the 1950s and 1960s‚ crusading specifically for Afro-American Rights. He was likewise a Baptist Minister. Martin was killed the day after he conveyed this discourse‚ which was in backing of striking deny specialists against whom an illicit directive had been stopped to attempt to stop the striking. Numerous trust

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