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    anniversary of president Lincoln’s emancipation proclamation‚ Reverend Martin Luther King delivered the now famous “I have a Dream” speech at the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. Dr. King wasn’t just a man who gave a speech. He was a man with a dream and in that dream‚ he set a tone that would ring in America for the rest of history. This speech brought to the minds of many inattentive American’s a previously unknown civil rights orator‚ speaking of truths of racial discrimination and inequality

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    Cornell Notes Name__Tara LeClair___________________ Topic: Martin Luther “I Have A Dream” Points to Remember | ** Notes ** | | National creed--“We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are | •He didn’t want people judged | created equal.” | by the color of their skin‚ but | | by their character. | Speech was given on August 28th‚ 1963. | | | | He believed true freedom was people being treated equal. Blacks and | | Whites being afforded the same privileges

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    The Civil Right Movement was successful because it ended segregation. First‚ Ruby was born in Tylertown‚Mississippi on September 8th 1954. “Ruby Bridges” was the first African American girl being escorted by United States to attend an all American white school. Tulane University Presented Bridges with honorary degree in 2012. Ruby was born to sharecroppers Aborn and Lucille Bridges.Ruby parents decided to move the family to New Orleans in 1958 when Ruby was 4 years old. Next‚ “Martin Luther King

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    According to the Dictionary Online (2013)‚ “Injustice is the violation of the rights of others; unjust or unfair action or treatment.” Martin Luther King Jr. defined an unjust law in the Letter from Birmingham Jail (1963)‚ “An unjust law is a human law that is not rooted in eternal law and natural law. Any law that uplifts human personality is just. Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality

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    MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. I admire Martin Luther King Jr.; his transformational leadership was and remains important throughout American History. He inspired thousands of people with his speeches. His famous speech “I Had a Dream” shows his leadership style‚ he was very effective in giving his message. Although many transformational leaders have been remembered in the past decades‚ Martin Luther King Jr. has created a legacy. If it wasn’t for his transformational leadership‚ our nation could be

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    This paper will discuss what Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Fredrick Douglass‚ Henry David Thoreau‚ and Benazir Bhutto have to say about civil disobedience; though coming from different backgrounds they still have the same views or beliefs. This will be done by looking at Martin Luther King Jr.’s work The Letter from Birmingham Jail‚ Fredrick Douglass’s from Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass‚ an American Slave‚ and Henry David Thoreau’s Civil Disobedience and comparing what these authors have

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    and to all who supported the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr would stress the importance of non-violence throughout the movement and mentions it again in this speech staring that they have overcome violence. In this speech King also consistently praises American democracy stating that they can protest because of democracy that they couldn’t do this if they were in a communist nation or a nation run under a dictatorship. This was done to show that the movement‚ while challenging the values

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    Civil Rights Research Paper The pursuit of racial equality after Word War 2 was a long and perilous journey. In the minds of most Americans‚ people of high influence or power were the vehicles that drove the civil rights movement forward from where it was started. Influential and popular characters like Martin Luther King‚ Thurgood Marshall‚ and Rosa Parks were constantly in the spotlight‚ for eliminating Jim Crow Laws‚ working towards desegregation of the education system‚ and standing for the

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    love will have the final word" said Martin Luther King Jr on his acceptance speech‚ for the Nobel Peace Prize on December 10‚ 1964 for the success of equality for all. The Civil Rights Movement was a popular movement that help s African Americans equal access and opportunities for the basic privileges and rights as a U.S. citizen. The Movement can be traced back to the 19th century‚ and it’s ending was in the 1950s and 1960s. Also‚ The Civil Rights Movement also spurred the reemergence of the Supreme

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    threats and called names in every ball park and managed to keep his cool most of the time. 2. Abraham Lincoln after he won the war he created the thirteenth amendment which abolished slavery. 3. Martin Luther King was a peaceful leader for African American civil rights movement. “I have a dream that one day right there in Alabama little black boys and little black girls will be able to join hands with little white boys and white girls as sisters and brothers.” 4. Malcom x was a leader for African Americans

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