Martin Luther king Jr. was a social Baptist minister who played an important role in American civil rights movement from mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968. King sought equality and human rights for African Americans. He was the driving force behind watershed events such as the Montgomery bus boycott and the 1936 march in Washington‚ which helped bring about such landmark legislation as civil rights act and the voting rights act. King was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1964 and is remembered
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Dr. Martin Luther King’s Funeral and Assassination Word spread like wildfire when the news of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination hit the public. As the leading civil rights activist in the 1960s‚ Martin Luther King Jr. preached words of peace and understanding among races. A well known name throughout the North and South‚ King gained extreme popularity within the African American community. When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated a wave of sorrow spread across the nation. With rage
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from Birmingham Jail” by Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr. was an American clergyman‚ activist‚ philanthropic‚ and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He worked for racial equality and civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience. This letter was published in King’s book “Why We Can’t Wait.” It was written in response to a public statement of concern issued by eight White clergymen of Alabama; who disagreed with his civil rights actions. King also quite deliberately
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Martin Luther King opposed the Vietnam War and stood strongly against its continuation because it not only hurt the Vietnamese people but it took its toll on the American people also. Before the beginning of the war‚ the government was funding an experimental “Poverty Program” to help those individuals in need. Instead‚ the money was used to support the Vietnam war. Dr. King was outraged at this decision because he felt that the war was pointless. He believed that the money could be used in a much
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Martin Luther King Jr. contributed to the Civil Rights act because he spoke about what was going on. They had the march on washington and that was brought on purpose to bring people there and show a lot of things and blacks and whites were not equal at that time. They had bunch of stuff going on and some people wanted segregation to end because it wasn’t bringing any good to anyone. People were getting treated differently and a lot of bad things were happening. MLK just wanted it to all stop‚ he
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believe that communication is necessary. Communication would help everyone throughout the world. Martin Luther King “Letter From a Birmingham Jail was a published statement by eight fellow Clergymen from the state of Alabama who awful criticized King for organizing and participating in the protest march among segregation in Birmingham. King’s letter was an attempt to defend himself from
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private railroad cars and stayed in good hotels. Any number of historic moments in the civil rights struggle have been used to identify Martin Luther King‚ Jr. -- prime mover of the Montgomery bus boycott‚ keynote speaker at the March on Washington‚ youngest Nobel Peace Prize laureate. But in retrospect‚ single events are less important than the fact that King‚ and his policy of nonviolent protest‚ was the dominant force in the civil rights movement during its decade of greatest achievement‚ from
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ever wanted change so bad that you would do literally anything to make it happen? Martin Luther King‚ Jr. did everything in his power to accomplish the change that he wished for and ran into struggles every step of the way. Not only did he just struggle for change‚ but he inspired somebody each and every step he took to take charge for change. The idea of everyone being treated equally without discrimination motivated King to step up‚ and he was willing to struggle to make the change he longed for.
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that have streets named after King. Martin was born in Atlanta‚ which is the capitol and one of the most populated cities in the U.S. state of Georgia. Martin Luther King was killed by a sniper ’s bullet on April 4th‚ 1968. King had been standing on the balcony in front of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis‚ Tennessee‚ when he was fatally shot in the neck. King was immediately taken to the hospital but was pronounced dead at 7:05 pm. Martin Luther King Martin
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Dr. KING’S LOGIC In a “Letter from Birmingham Jail”‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr. said “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.” This means that if we let injustice happen‚ then this injustice will grow and start to affect good people. We cannot afford to ignore something bad happening in one place. If injustice occurs and no action is taken against this injustice‚ then people who hear about what happened might think this injustice is acceptable‚ and continue being unfair. In "Justice
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