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    the motives and perspectives of an important leader such as Martin Luther King Jr. A persons character is formed through the challenges they face in their lives‚ and all the struggles MLK faced in his have helped him to become the great leader he is known for today. Things like racial segregation and the Vietnam War caused him to want to fight for a different society and show how change can help better our future. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15th‚ 1929 which was a time of racial

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    Martin Luther King was an great leader. He was a pacifist‚ he didn’t believe in war. Martin Luther King believed in peace‚ happiness‚ and equality. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States. Both of these great leaders believed in equality for the African Americans. (5) Abraham Lincoln’s early life was plain and simple. Abraham was born in the backwoods cabin‚ three miles South of Hodgenville‚ Kentucky. In his toddler life he was taken to a farm in the neighboring valley of Knob

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    Aristotle v. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Aristotle find common ground in the idea of a distinction between just and unjust laws; however‚ Aristotle finds distinction in society’s understanding of the purpose of the law through extensive reasoning‚ while Martin Luther King‚ Jr. defines a just law as a law based on social mores and the “Law of God”. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. claims distinction between just and unjust laws on moral responsibility or the “Law of God”. Dr. King deems

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    FIGHT AGAINST RACISM -Martin Luther King- Martin Luther King‚ the great civil rights leader‚ spoke these words from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC‚ USA in August‚ 1963‚ to a crowd of over 250 thousand people who were demanding equal rights for all American citizens. Last Thursday marked the 45th anniversary of Luther’s famous "I have a dream" speech. Throughout the 1960’s‚ people’s attitudes towards race changed dramatically. Changes involved the passage of ideas into laws

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    a seamstress but also a activist. A activist is a person who campaigns for some kind of social change. Rosa was born on February 4‚ 1913‚ in Tuskegee‚ Alabama.she died on October 24‚ 2005. Rosa and Martin Luther King Jr are the same because they both are a Civil rights leader. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was an American Baptist

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    for action. Some believed action through violence would solve issues‚ others such as Martin Luther King Jr. believed in a future where all would be equal. He knew he could achieve this through non-violent protests. Today we live the present knowing the words of Dr. King are still very relevant to today’s society with the recent uprising of racial troubles and inequality among the people throughout the nation. King was born January 29th‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia. He was a Baptist minister and a social

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    Persuasive Response Any article written by Martin Luther King is persuasive. By using the three elements of persuasion‚ ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos any article will effective convince the audience. In King’s letter from Birmingham jail and his “I Have a Dream Speech” used all arts of persuasion to effectively arrive at the point that was necessary for action. On the opposing subjective view‚ the Clergymen attempted to persuade the public using only one of the persuasive elements: logos. I believe that

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    Martin Luther King vs. Malcolm X Martin Luther King is very brave for being black in his time. Because you never knew what the government was going to do to you for protesting‚ boycotting‚ or striking. They would spray water on you. Sick the dogs on you. Sometimes even put you on a blacklist. Even some time they would send you to jail. Like Martin Luther King got sent to jail just for speaking. So to speak in public was very tough for being black. So that’s why I think he is very brave. He stood

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    that was Martin Luther King Jr. He was a prominent figure in the 1960s. He was a civil rights activist in the Civil Rights Movement that fought for equal rights for everyone. Martin had a great childhood and his speeches were immaculate. He won the Nobel Peace Prize and was assassinated but left an amazing legacy on the world. Our society would not be where it is today without Martin Luther King Jr’s impact on it. Martin Luther King Jr. had a childhood that was unlike many others. Martin Luther King

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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were the stars‚ so to speak‚ of Civil Rights protesting. They are the most famous‚ and are still heard of frequently throughout History text books and magazine articles. Though they died a while back‚ their legacy still lives on‚ to live in a world free of segregation‚ but they each had different ways of “getting what they want”‚ and some ways of getting what they want led to the bad memories that people rather not speak about. Although Martin Luther King Jr

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