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    Martin Luther King showed courage in many different ways. According to nobelprize.org "in 1954 Martin Luther King Jr became pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery Alabama. This shows King has great courage because a Pastor takes courage because a Pastor has to be able to interact with peoples lives and be able to create an impact in peoples lives. Martin Luther King Jr. had many accomplishments that showed courage. According to nobelprize.org "king also created the Montgomery bus

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    In the early and late 1950s‚ discrimination against African Americans (AA)‚ especially in South America - still existed even after the Abolition of Slavery in 1865. AA’s were segregated from the rest of the White Americans and were not treated equally and so were unable to experience the freedom the white people had. Jim Crow laws (1877-1954) stated that Black and White people must be segregated from each other at all times (but equal to each other) as also the Political and government roles in the

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    To Kill A Mockingbird Empathy You can’t just open a book and judge the story on the random chapter you happened to end up on‚ you start from the beginning and read the full story. Empathy is just like that. Empathy is like reading someone else’s story: being one with the characters and events and feeling the emotions of the main character‚ observing‚ listening‚ and understanding. When you read someone’s story is when the solution of racism and prejudices within communities is really possible

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    What Is Atticus Finch

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    attitudes.” Critic Elizabeth Malia is spot on with her description of this character. Atticus Finch is a main character from Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird‚ which was published in 1960 and won the Pulitzer Prize the following year. Set in Maycomb‚ Alabama‚ Lee’s book is about a respected lawyer named Atticus‚ a widower‚ who has two children named Jean Louise‚ better known as Scout‚ and Jeremy‚ who goes by Jem. In the story‚ Atticus is a public defendant and is assigned a very controversial case. Despite

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    One of his attributes was his ability to never take no for an answer and always found a way to achieve his dream‚ always moving forward‚ and never looking back. Years before George died he left his life’s fortune to the Institute of Tuskegee in Alabama. The “plant doctor” left this world January 5‚ 1943‚ and is buried close to Booker T. Washington on the Institute of Tuskegee‚ a good friend of his. After he died‚ the first monument dedicated to a black man was established and is located on the grounds

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    Rosa Parks and the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ oral presentation Caused by the Jim Crow laws‚ Montgomery (Alabama) segregated bus passengers by race. The first four rows of seats on each bus were reserved for whites‚ and the conductors could‚ if necessary‚ order black passengers to move further back when there were no available white seats left. Black people could sit in the middle row‚ until the white section was filled up. If white people were already sitting in the front‚ black people had to board

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    Once Jerry Wexler of Atlantic Records became aware of the sound coming out of Muscle Shoals‚ he brought a number of African-American artists to record at FAME. Wilson Pickett was one of the first artists Wexler brought down to Alabama. Pickett was initially skeptical of Wexler’s idea‚ however‚ after the first night of recording Pickett had changed his mind and was firmly convinced that FAME could be a recording home for him. He went on to record a number of hits at FAME‚ including “Land of a Thousand

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    To Kill a Mockingbird

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    To Kill a Mockingbird Mockingbirds are birds that does one thing; Making music for us to enjoy and nothing else to harm us. In the remarkable novel To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee‚ the mockingbird is used as symbolism for real people. Including the human mockingbirds‚ the novel represents other pieces of the prejudice such as racism and hypocrisy. In the little town of Maycomb in its 1930¡¯s‚ the prejudice was an accepted concept for every individual and Atticus even called it a ¡®disease¡¯

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    The Presence of Bildungsroman in To Kill a Mockingbird To a child first entering adulthood‚ how they view the world is the most influential. However‚ it’s how they decide to apply these world views to themselves that becomes crucial in their growing development. In the novel written by Harper Lee titled To Kill a Mockingbird‚ it is a story that revolves around two children named Jem and Scout and their experiences in a prejudiced town as they grow up and mature into young adults. They learn lessons

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    To Kill A Mockingbird – Atticus Finch’s three lessons Parents can provide positive development and growth to their children in many ways‚ serving as constant role models. When children are exposed to what is right and what is wrong‚ they build-up skills that allow them to confront with difficulty and become positive members of society. In Harper Lee’s novel To Kill A Mockingbird‚ Atticus Finch expresses these actions owing to the fact that he teaches his children‚ Jeremy Finch (Jem) and Jean

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