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    Courage is a necessity to overcome fears and achieve a desired goal. Fear is something that exists in all of us. There is no hero or any particular courageous figure that is without fear. Being fearless is not required to be courageous‚ one simply has to look past or overcome their fears to possess this great quality. When overcoming fears and going against the norm‚ there are always risks involved. There are different types of risks that come about. Someone could risk life or limb‚ while others

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    Equality in Martin Luther King and Amy Tan Martin Luther king and Amy Tan have both succeed in gaining “equality” for everyone. You may ask how did Martin Luther King and Amy Tan earned equality for all. Will I can tell you that both of them were brave to speak up against what they feel was wrong. They both wanted respect for all people of any race‚ and culture. The accomplishment of achieving equality for everyone was not easy for both of them; there were actually multipull critics against

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    As Martin Luther King would’ve gotten arrested‚ he was still striving for justice and peace to stop racism. So he did what men were afraid of by standing out and giving a speech about how this chaos should end. Martin Luther King Jr. impacted civil rights by giving a speech about peace and equality‚ was a founder of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ started the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ and won the Nobel peace prize. “I have a dream.” A quote spoken by Martin in one of his speeches; it

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    The civil rights movement was a very important period in our nations time. The most influential person was civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr’s relationship with the civil rights movement is an giant turning point in the history of America‚ because of his legacy and what he stood for‚ with help from others‚ all races and ethnicities are today‚ treated equally. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was a celebrated civil rights leader and campaigner who had a great deal of control

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    my apple tree.” Martin Luther King‚ a civil rights activist‚ was an inspirational leader who believes everyone should be equal. King has inspired many world leaders to this day because of his speeches such as his “I have a dream” speech. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a civil rights activist‚ impacted African Americans’ civil rights and left a legacy that will never be forgotten. To begin‚ Martin Luther King Jr. impacted African American civil rights around the world. Martin Luther King Jr. was an inspirational

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    Civil Disobedience”  (scroll down to page 3 read the essay)      Objectives: make judgments; evaluate author’s ideas; paraphrase text    Essential Question #30: Which is harder to follow ­ laws or conscience? Why?    A)   “civil”  “disobedience”  civility  “dis” ­ not  civilized  “obey” ­ listen  civilization    1 ­ related to ordinary citizens  1 ­ failure or refusal to follow the  rules/laws  2 ­ not military or religious    3 ­ courteous‚ polite      B) 3 Types:  a. Integrity­based (morals; ex: religious intolerance) 

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    were suffering in almost silence until around 1955‚ when Dr Martin Luther King Jr‚ a Baptist Minister‚ began non-violent protests Martin Luther King Jr came from a line of Baptist ministers and was his father who thought that segregation was against GOD‚ some influence came from Mahatma Gandhi and Dr Benjamin Mays‚ the president of Morehouse college King met his wife‚ Coretta Scott‚ at Boston university‚ after college‚ he started his civil rights protests with the Montgomery bus boycott‚ becomes chairman

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    In this essay I will be talking about the theme injustice which shows in three books. The books that I will be writing over are I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Shakespeare’s Sister by Woolf‚ and The Problem That Has No Name by Friedan. I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King Jr. this speech was in Washington D.C on August 28‚ 1963. This speech had to do with the injustice of the african americans. He had a dream that there would be equality in the USA for african americans. Shakespeare’s Sister

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    The civil rights movement was a historic mass crusade that aimed to acquire‚ for the African-Americans‚ equal access to opportunities and rights of United States citizenship and basic privileges. The movement influenced the student movement and the modern women’s rights movement of the 1960s. It was centred in the American South‚ where the largest population was of the African-Americans and where there was widespread inequality of education‚ economic opportunity‚ and legal and political processes

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    Essay 1 Throughout the entirety of this essay‚ King pleads with the community and society as a whole to stand back and look at the situation he finds himself in. A society that is crutched by the injustice of segregation. Weakened by the laws that are established in places such as Birmingham. Beaten down by the commonality of police brutality to the African American man and women. A society that is far from the ideals of “all men are created equal”. King writes this essay to persuade individuals to

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