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    Martin Luther King Imagine if you were a African American during 1963 time when Martin Luther King was doing his protests‚ would you support Martin Luther or go to violence? Martin Luther was an inspiration in many ways. He put the Civil Rights Movement into motion and initiated action for equality among different races.. Martin Luther King did many non-violent marches and protests against the black laws. He inspired other negroes or black people to stand up to the colour laws. He inspired others

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech speaking to his people to assess the problem of segregation and the unfairness of it all. The promises made saying that they would fix the problem only to snatch it away at the last second or to add some kind of loophole that they could find their way around. His goal was to get the people to join together to come to a peaceful solution a solution that would come about without the violence of

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a powerful man with good intentions for civil right. He wrote an extensive letter to eight clergymen who condemned the timing of the civil rights movement on April 16‚ 1963‚ from a jail in Birmingham‚ Alabama. Even though the letter was addressed to the clergymen‚ the message was geared towards a larger audience‚ especially King’s “Christian and Jewish brothers” (King). King believes that without direct action‚ the rights for African Americans could never be achieved. He

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a civil rights activist who stood strong in advocating justice and equality. King believed in nonviolent civil disobedience and wanted to bring an end to the constant racial segregation faced by the blacks in Birmingham‚ Alabama. In April 1963‚ while protesting for struggled equality of the blacks in Birmingham‚ King and the other protestors were arrested and jailed. While serving his jail term‚ King wrote “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” as a retort to the moderate‚ white

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    hero to me is not violent‚ but brave and warm hearted. He was the worlds voice for equality. Martin Luther king was a civil rights activist‚ and well known for his actions and services. Dr. king has played a major role in the way our country is shaped today. Although king is well known if you have not been inspired by him after you read this‚ may you be inspired by Martin Luther king’s influential actions. King has outrageous accomplishments considering the era he lived in‚ where blacks had their dignity

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    where the United States always have a happy ending (563-572). Related to Hade’s approach of inaccurate stories‚ the conspiracy of Martin Luther King’s death falls into the same category. Our history book always taught us that Martin’s assassination was done by a lone gunman called James Earl Ray. However along the line‚ cases and investigations have proven that Martin Luther’s death was all a conspiracy involving the FBI‚ military‚ CIA plotting against civil rights leaders. The government and media

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    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 lot of time‚ work‚ and faith into the foundation

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    that Martin Luther King Jr. used in his speech is “one day even the state of Mississippi‚ a desert state‚ sweltering in the heat of injustice and oppression‚ will be transformed into an oasis of freedom and justice.” I like this one because Mississippi was a horrible state that threatened African Americans‚ but King gave the people hope that even states like that can change. “One hundred years later” is the repetition that I find the most captivating to me. I love this repetition because king uses

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    a major topic raised in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail”‚ where he reached out to white clergymen who had criticized his civil disobedience protest methods as counter-productive. In the letter‚ Dr. King reminded his fellow clergymen that at the time‚ the city of Birmingham‚ Alabama was a pariah of racial injustice‚ having recently elected yet another pro-segregationist mayor. After countlessly being told to “wait” for racial equality to manifest‚ King states that it is necessary

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    When we think about committing a crime‚ we usually perceive the idea of manslaughter or robbery. It is a common idea that the crimes committed is always righteous to the system and that any penalty would have been deserved. However‚ Martin Luther King Jr.‚ while spending time in jail for a penalty based on an absence of permit to parade in the streets‚ writes a letter demonstrating the injustices in the federal law system and where the flaws take place. Almost 64 years ago‚ segregation was determined

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