Martin Luther King Jr.‚ William J. Clinton‚ George W. Bush‚ and Barack Obama all have very effective speeches‚ indeed. They agree on racial equality and try to work their way towards their goal. All four speakers have strong arguments and stupendous methods in adressing the situation. Although these speeches were written in different time periods‚ to this day‚ they make a huge impact on everyone’s lives. However‚ the speech given by Martin Luther King Jr. has the strongest argument and makes the
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In chapter five of Michelle Alexander’s book entitled‚ “The New Jim Crow”‚ she tackles the topic that most of the Americans ignore. In the beginning of this chapter‚ she mentioned president Barack Obama’s speech on father’s day. In Obama’s he stated that many fathers are missing or MIA‚ and AWOL with their responsibilities. This scenarios can perfectly describe African Americans family‚ where many children does not have their fathers by their side. As Alexander argues‚ “a black child born today
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Barack Hussein Obama II (/bəˈrɑːk huːˈseɪn oʊˈbɑːmə/ ( listen); born August 4‚ 1961) is the 44th and current President of the United States. He is the first African American to hold the office‚ as well as the first president born in Hawaii. Obama previously served as the junior United States Senator from Illinois from January 2005 until he resigned after his election to the presidency in November 2008. Obama is a graduate of Columbia University and Harvard Law School‚ where he was the president
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Obama knows that even though he had just won the presidential elections‚ he still has to uphold his own character in front of millions from all nations. Obama starts off with a display of ethos and expresses how there are “indicators of crisis‚ subject to data and statistics... that the next generation must lower its sights.” (Macon). These series of statements here consist of ethos because Obama is not afraid to reveal that he knows what is going on in the current state of affairs. Instead of sugarcoating
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president is more than unconstitutional‚ he is uncontrollable‚ too. President Obama is uncontrollable in his actions when illegal decisions are made more than once regarding Obamacare and when a large part of our government system is being questioned due to his disregard for the law. Obama went too far to get what he wanted. Checks and balances aren’t being taken seriously‚ if he can get away with it‚ so can everyone else. Obama unconstitutionally delayed the caps on payments without approval from Congress
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President Obama came to LBJ’s Presidential Library 49 years after he signed the historic Civil Rights Act‚ while Obama heaped praise upon the former President‚ he also commented upon his full record. Obama stated‚ “During his first 20 years in Congress‚" Obama said‚ "he opposed every civil rights bill that came up for a vote‚ once calling the push for federal legislation a farce and a shame."(Selby) Now place yourself in the position of civil rights leaders such as Martin Luther King‚ Ralph Abernathy
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of the capitol building. American flags adorn his stage. This man is Barack Hussein Obama‚ and he is about to be the 44th president of the United States. The two cities‚ Chicago‚ and Honolulu‚ Obama lived in show how different kinds of racism can affect the lives of black Americans. In Hawaii Obama attended Punahou High School where he made up a large majority of his school’s black population. In Hawaii‚ Obama did not experience many of the things that mainland black people felt. “We sat on the
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insight into human nature‚ so naturally many books have stories that explore a person’s journey throughout their life. From the poorest to the richest‚ the youngest to the oldest‚ each person has a story to tell. Barack Obama shares his story of self-discovery through his
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live in it than others. President Obama has been one of the most unwanted but also most loved Presidents the United States of America has ever had. In Obama’s eight year term he accomplished a lot of things. President Barack Obama has been the best president the United States has ever had. President Obama has accomplished many things for our nation. He passed a health care reform that will cover 32 million people in the U.S that are uninsured. Obama accomplished passing this reform
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black America with Barack Obama becoming the first black president of the United States. Overnight the African American population got an image that they always wanted to have. It was the greatest political victory in the history of black America. During the 2008 presidential election Senator Barack Obama received support from many hip hop artists like Young Jeezy‚ Jay-Z‚ Drake and Will I am. These artists expressed their support for his election by mentioning Barack Obama´s name and his political
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