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    Martin Luther King Jr. According to Martin Luther King Jr‚ “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase”. Martin Luther King Jr. is a very inspirational man who changed the world because of one speech! Martin Luther King Jr. is my role model. He has a lot of courage and leadership to do what he has done! Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15‚ 1929‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. He has one brother and one sister.Growing up in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ Martin Luther King Jr.

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    from Martin Luther King‚ Jr. who was an American Baptist minister and the leader of the Civil Rights Movement. He was known for the advancement of civil rights using a nonviolent action on his beliefs. Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia. He lived with his parents‚ siblings‚ and as well as his grandparents. His name was supposed to be Michael King Jr.‚ after his dad but after their trip from Germany‚ his father added Luther to his name and the name Martin Luther

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    The following paper is about how Martin Luther King had a conflict and compromised.  But first let’s talk about his father who inspired his son to make this all happen. Martin Luther King sr. was a member of a Baptist church and decided to be a preacher after being inspired by ministers who were getting ready to stand up for racial equality. Martin Luther King Seniors Wife Martin Luther King Juniors mom got killed on a Sunday by an African American man while at church playing on the church organ

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    white girls as sisters and brothers.” Because of the color of his skin‚ Martin Luther King Jr. could no longer play with his friend which motivated him to change the laws against African-Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. was born in a time when black and white people were not treated equally. As a young boy‚ King became banned from playing with his friend just because he had a different skin color. This encouraged King to stand up against these laws in a peaceful way and to make sure that people

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    Violence is the only effective weapon available to the people who are oppressed. How far do you agree or disagree? I personally do not agree that violence is the only effective weapon available to the oppressed people. It is not the only way for people to get their view across or secure their rights and justice. However‚ throughout the history of mankind‚ violence has been widely used as a method to gain control over a person or a group of people or a nation. Unfortunately‚ the present day media

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    creed: - ’We hold these truths to be self-evident‚ that all men are created equal.” quoted by Martin Luther King Jr.( www.GoodReads.com) Martin Luther King Jr. was becoming an inspiration to many families‚ businessmen by just speaking his mind and soon people understood where he was coming from. Martin Luther King Jr. was apart of many‚ things‚ but one was the Montgomery Bus Boycott Martin Luther King Jr. did many praiseworthy things in his life that have abundantly affected the world‚ such as

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man and an important part of the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. King was a Baptist Minister and a social activist. He was born on January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia at their family home. He was the second child of Martin Luther King‚ Sr. and Alberta Williams King (The King Center‚ About Dr. King). Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott King‚ together they had four children. Dr. King’s goal as an activist was to try and achieve equality for African Americans

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    Martin Luther King Jr.was a great man‚ one of many talents. He changed the world in many ways. For example ‚ schools are now desegregated partly through his efforts. Every generation is changing and becoming more friendly.Martin Luther King Jr. was the leader the world needed because of his mindset of uprightness. To begin with Martin Luther King Jr. was a leader. For example‚“Dr. King was a visionary” (source A). Also‚ he was a man who had a dream bigger than the times in which he lived

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    Doctor Martin Luther King Junior’s “I have a Dream” speech in August of 1963‚ was a speech in which Martin Luther King Jr used his powerful voice to tell America about discrimination. Dr. King used his loud but calm voice in his wonderful speech. By speaking loud and clear Martin Luther King Jr affected people’s point of view on discrimination. Dr. King motivated people by speaking in a nice calm tone. During the speech‚ he would talk for a short bit and then he would pause for about two seconds

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    Martin Luther King JR. and Abraham Lincoln were heros for the blacks and slaves and will go down in history .Both are very known for addressing the racism of the United States Of America . Both of these men protested and spoke about racism‚ Martin Luther King JR. fought for blacks to be equal with whites and other races and Abraham Lincoln talked for slaves to be freed from the union and their slave owners . They both wanted to succeed in very similar goals to help blacks and slaves. Martin

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