In the Nobel Peace Prize Acceptance Speech‚ Martin Luther King is accepting the Nobel Peace Prize but realizing that people are suffering. He presents his speech by using examples‚ analogies‚ and the repetition of words‚ figurative language and inductive and deductive reasoning. Martin Luther King specific purpose of the speech was to accept the Nobel Peace Prize. He is talking for other people (men and women) over the world that suffers racial injustice. He reminds people that there is hope
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Walker Questions Choice: A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. by Alice Walker highlights the racism black Southerners still faced a hundred years after the Civil War‚ and how Dr. King changed that. Walker’s family had lived in Eatonton‚ Georgia for generations‚ and it was there where so many of her relatives were buried. Despite this‚ her family couldn’t own the land because of the widespread discrimination in the South. Even if someone did buy land‚ it could be taken away at any time. Because
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The rising popularity of racialized movements such as #BlackLivesMatter and #OscarsSoWhite affirm that racial equality is still a goal. It is not something that has been achieved‚ though many credit Martin Luther King‚ Jr. as the pioneer of advancing America to being a “post-racial” (cite) society. His monumental speech “I Have a Dream” marked a pivotal moment in the Civil Rights Movement‚ yet it did not end the conversation. Decades later‚ former president Bill Clinton addressed the pandemic of
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Mohandas K. Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. were two people who are very different but similar in many ways. When Dr.King was in college he learned about Gandhi‚ so Gandhi was like a teacher to Dr.King even if they never met. Both Gandhi and Dr.King wanted rights for their people. Dr. King followed Gandhi and started nonviolent protest against segregation as Gandhi did to achieve independence and rights in India. They were both educated‚ strong in public speaking‚ were brave and determined
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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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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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Martin Luther King Jr was a Baptist Minister in 1960’s America. He fought for what he believed in‚ suffered for these beliefs and was a key person in the push for racial equality in the 50’s and 60’s‚ with a speech known as “I have a dream” that lead him to being the youngest male to receive a Nobel prize. The speech was delivered on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to a crowd of 200 000 civil rights supporters‚ and was ranked the top speech of the 2oth century. As said by John Lewis a U.S. representative
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were Malcom X‚ and Martin Luther King Jr. Though there methods were different‚ they both made change. Although the change made isn’t money‚ but a change in the people in order for them to strive for racial equality. Evidently‚ when Malcom begins to guide the people‚ he becomes a card dealer instead of the gambler‚ making the people gamble at his ideas. Therefore when Malcom X gives his speech‚ like a dealer in a casino‚ he
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society as a whole should have a balance of wealth‚ power‚ opportunity‚ and income; Martin Luther King Jr. expanded this philosophy in a non-violent way‚ he convinced the people that it was necessary that social equilibrium be restored to acquire justice and the basic civil rights of every man. In doing so‚ he was successful in achieving that equilibrium among all races‚ religions‚ and classes. Martin Luther King Jr. fought for what he thought was just but was legally unjust. He yearned for racial
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