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    Specific purpose: to inform my audience about how the early life affected Martin Luther King’s choice regarding civil rights movement. Central Ideas: the parents‚ education‚ social life‚ and segregation in the south lead martin Luther King to go into the civil rights movement Introduction: I. The civil right movements provided our world with the most noble and people who sacrificed their lives in order to turn their countries from a dark sink to an oasis of freedom and harmony. Many people like

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    Anthony Vottima K. Hewitt ENG IV: Pd. 4 9 November 2008 The similarities that bind together Marc Antony’s Friends‚ Romans‚ and Countrymen speech and Martin Luther King’s Letter from Birmingham Jail are unreal; seemingly orchestrated. King’s letter is written upon a structure of a strong pathological appeal combined with a powerful use of repetition and moving language. Likewise‚ Antony’s speech demonstrates an emotion appeal with a firm directing address to his audience and a sinewy

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    Parks‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ and Jackie Robinson are examples of people who have changed America for the better. Martin Luther King Jr. helped to end segregation and racism. Rosa Parks was a brave woman that didn’t want to give into segregation anymore. Jackie Robinson was the first African-American in the MLBs. Rosa Parks was a brave woman who stood up for not only herself‚

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    but Martin Luther King gave us a very motivational speech saying that all people should be treated equal and not based on race. The speech we hear most about is the “ I Had a Dream” speech. Martin Luther King said “If you can’t fly‚ then run‚ if you can’t run‚ then walk‚ if you can’t walk‚ then crawl‚ but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward.” (http://parade.com/) Martin Luther King Jr. was not well known when he was born when he died almost all of the world knew about him. Martin Luther

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    I. Martin Luther King Jr wanted unity. 1. Dr. King wanted people of all races to work and live together in peace 2. Dr. King considered us all as brothers and sisters 3. Dr. King wanted all children regardless of race to be able to play together II. Martin Luther King Jr was able to address everyone equally. 1. Dr. King had amazing confidence when it came to addressing people who thought he was beneath him. 2. Dr. King also addressed

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    Martin Luther King wrote "A letter from Birmingham jail" in response to a published statement by eight fellow ministers from Alabama who violently critiqued King for association and involvement in the protest march against discrimination in Birmingham. King’s letter was an effort to defend himself from allegations and to criticize white moderates and church. Starting in the first lines of the letter‚ Martin Luther King tries to discard the denunciation of being an outsider in Birmingham. He states

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    In addition to education‚ King was exposed to segregation in daily life and while trying to acquire everyday necessities. For instance‚ in “The Childhood of Martin Luther King Jr.‚” he and his father were declined buying shoes because the clerk doesn’t "serve colored in the front of the store... Martin and his father proceeded to leave the store‚ as they knew that this was not respectful treatment” (Childhood of MLK 4). By pushing King and his father to the back because they were ‘colored’ is exceedingly

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    Martin Luther’s 95 Theses The Ninty-Five Theses was written by Martin Luther in 1517 and is broadly regarded as the major catalyst for the Protestant Reformation. Martin Luther was an ambiguous German monk and radiant theologian. Martin Luther started a rebellion against the church’s authority which caused the collapse of religious unity of Christendom. The Roman Catholic Church‚ centered in Rome‚ extended its influence into every aspect of European society and culture. Due to the increasing power

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    Dr Martin Luther King was one of the greatest influences in the world. He used all his knowledge and good to help others not even thinking of the consequences that his actions might make. Martin was a civil rights activist that believed in the rights of people no matter the color he wanted to help the ones that needed it. Martin is one of the greatest even today and will always be remembered for his bravery and spirit. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15‚1929 ”( Nobel Prize‚2018)” In

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    Research Report-Civil Rights Movement Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a major Civil Rights leader‚ once said¨I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin‚ but by the content of their character¨.This was a very inspirational line by Martin Luther King Jr. from the March On Washington during the Civil Rights Movement in 1963. Americans.In the book of Glory Field‚ Thomas (or Tommy) Lewis‚ a part of the Lewis family‚ wanted

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