Abraham Lincoln and Martian Luther King Jr. did not just fight for equality and justice‚ but for the right for African-Americans to vote. Currently‚ a right the majority of African-Americans take for granted. Prior to the American Revolution‚ voting in America was a privilege restricted to white males who owned property. Hundreds into the thousands of people‚ black and white‚ died to give minorities‚ women and blacks‚ the opportunity make their voice heard. To understand the importance of voting
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“A Comparison of Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr.’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech and ‘Letter from a Birmingham Jail’”. 9% Similarity Born in Atlanta Georgia in 1929‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ conceivably lived as one of the greatest social and religious leaders in a country where a group of its citizens had to endure excruciating conditions of disenfranchisement‚ inferiority and degradation of a second class citizenship by reasons of race‚ color or origin. In effort to condemn all
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Before the Philippines were even considered being annexed there were some debate on whether or not to annex them. The people that were for annexing the islands argued that there were business interests in thoughts of new markets and fields of investments‚ the United States wanted to become an empire and so they wanted to expand more. USA‚ especially‚ didn’t want to lose these islands to Japan or Germany.But some people did argue against annexing the islands. One of the biggest things that stood out
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Along the way of life‚ someone must have sense enough and mortality enough to cut off the chain of hate & evil. The greatest way to do that is through love. I believe firmly that love is a transforming that love is a transforming power that can lift a white community to new horizons of Fair play‚ good will and justice. Martin Luther King said this he was trying to say that everybody is meant to be treated equally by using fair play‚ good will‚ and justice. Fair play means respect for the rules
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disobedience. This was after King and his disciples had protested in the streets of Birmingham‚ Alabama. Martin Luther King through this letter absolutely justified his peaceful marches and proved there were are no other alternatives other than to protest. I can accept this argument because of his strong examples of accepted civil disobedience and identifying that there are no differences. These examples would be: the Boston tea party‚ Socrates‚ and Jesus Christ. 2) Current events in the past few years
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MLK and Malcolm X Speeches The two speeches “I have a dream” and “The ballot or the bullet” are very powerful. They both fought for African Americans rights and were written by two important civil rights leaders‚ Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X. Although King focused on peace and tranquility and Malcolm more to force and violence they both protested for freedom for the blacks. Within the two‚ they both used repetition throughout the speeches. King repeated to the audience that he had a dream
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Rhetorical Analysis: “I Have a Dream” On August 28‚ 1963 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. introduced his well-known speech “I Have a Dream” in the nation’s capital to 250‚000 people. Dr.King spoke in an emotional tone to persuade his audience. He embedded powerful diction and favorable repetition in his attempt to convince America hat racial equality is essential to become a great nation. The speaker utilized diction throughout his speech to reveal his opinions on discrimination‚ segregation‚ and racial
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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 Gandhi‚ Malcom X and Nelson Mandela went to
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American dream is the dream of prosperity and freedom that all people living in America share. We have all heard the stories of people who came to America with no money and no family and have successful in ways that would have been impossible in there home country. It seems that these immigrants dream about the simple things such as housing and safety‚ stuff that most Americans take for granted. While for people who have livid in America there whole life may dream of more materialistic things. I personally
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on the use of violence to achieve their goals. As can be seen‚ in his "I Have a Dream" speech‚ Martin Luther King Jr. looked forward to the time when blacks and whites would sit down together at a table of brotherhood. However‚ Malcolm X was interested first in African-Americans gaining control of their own lives‚ as is distinguished in his speech‚ "The Ballot or the Bullet." When comparing and contrasting King’s "I Have a Dream" with Malcolm X’s "The Ballot or the Bullet"‚ one witnesses both the similarities
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