Thinkers The two famous thinkers in the week four Electronic Reserve Readings are Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Bill Gates. Each had separate aspirations and both men contributed a significant amount of growth in the Twentieth Century. Bill Gates and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. have gone “down in history as individuals who changed the way the world worked personally‚ socially‚ and politically”. “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential civil rights activists and speaker during his time
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seldom give up their privileges voluntarily.” Written by Martin Luther King Jr. verbatim‚ it is obvious that such a fact cannot be denied‚ since history has repeatedly proved Dr. King’s statement. This idea acts as a motif throughout history‚ as portrayed in works such as the letter written by Martin Luther King Jr. in Birmingham jail‚ the film Four Little Girls by Spike Lee‚ and the story of three Christians standing up for their religion before King Nebuchadnezzar. As it has been evidenced throughout
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Martin Luther King Junior and Socrates argue for a different meanings and reasoning’s behind the differences of a single person and the law by which we have to follow. They were written many years apart but they are still very similar to the ideas of justice. The way that the two argue are almost completely opposite depending on the way that they feel towards authority and inner direction or moral guidance to lead you by. In the Crito‚ Socrates provides a lot of different arguments to understand
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Critical Response Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. In the long letter‚ Letters From Birmingham Jail‚ written by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ he clears up several misconceptions of the eight clergyman ‚ and speaks out on inequality in the city of Birmingham and United State. King’s preferred audience in this letter is educated southern white males who hold power in their positions‚ however‚ King wants any audience that he can get. He wants to get his voice heard by as many people as possible because he
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Malcolm X vs Martin Luther King JR During the 1960s African Americans we fighting to gain their equal rights in the United States. Two of the main leaders during the civil rights movement were Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. They both had different approaches toward their same goal of equal rights for African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr’s philosophy made the most sense in the 1960s because of his thoughts towards improving the economy in African American communities‚ his nonviolent approach
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Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Malcolm X were complete opposites when it came to their beliefs of what needed to be done in order to be taken serious. Malcolm X was known for his belief of “by any means necessary” where Martin Luther King‚ Jr. believed in non-violence. Both men were concerned with different issues during the Civil Rights movement. Malcolm X was a charismatic
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they held dear to them was not the cultural norm. These cultures have undergone enormous scrutiny from those around them‚ this scrutiny and judgement is a violation of the main principles of liberalism‚ liberty and equality. In source one Martin Luther King Jr. describes to an extent the hardships that the Negro people have faced‚ violence and slavery among them‚ however none were so crippling as the racism and poverty they found in America. This is shown in the last sentence of the source‚ “ So
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Malala Yousafzai Should Not Win the Nobel Peace Prize Malala Yousafzai is a girl from Pakistan who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize because she called for female education. She should not win the Nobel Peace Prize because she did not make the world more peaceful and the other nominee‚ OPCW‚ is more suitable for the prize. First‚ Malala Yousafzai ’s actions did not make the world more peaceful. Young girls in Pakistan are still fearful when they attend school (Maza 2013). Malala was attacked
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In the years since his assassination on April 4‚ 1968‚ as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis‚ Tennessee‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ has evolved from a prominent civil rights leader into the symbol for the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. He is studied by schoolchildren of all backgrounds; his words are quoted by the powerless and the powerful‚ by anyone who has a dream to make her or his life better‚ to better the nation‚ or the world. Monuments have been dedicated
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