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 boycott. That shows that he has courage because to do this king had to fight against
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Tatum Porter Mrs. Keithley 7th English 9 November 2 Martin Luther King Jr. “Human progress is neither automatic nor inevitable... Every step toward the goal of justice requires sacrifice‚ suffering‚ and struggle; the tireless exertions and passionate concern of dedicated individuals.”(brainyquotes.com) Human equality was not always a “thing” in the U.S there used to be slaves. After the Civil war‚ there was no slaves anymore after the union army won the war. this gave african americans a little
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"The Island of Plenty" by Johnson Montgomery explains what he thinks would become of mankind if the United States helped people in suffering countries. Montgomery was born in the year 1934‚ and grew to become a California attorney after attending Harvard University and Stanford University Law School. Montgomery is wrong because his article states that the United States should have a ‘blind eye’ to worldwide sufferers so that we can keep ourselves fed. Montgomery is a hypocrite‚ he believes t
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The Montgomery Bus Boycott was successful because of the buses’ dependence on the African American community‚ the protest’s copious amount of supporters‚ and the demonstrators’ nonviolent practices. Despite the fact that many of them were segregated‚ the buses in the South heavily relied on the African Americans for their source of income. A majority of the people who boarded the buses and paid the fares were blacks. Specifically‚ according to the president of the Women’s Political Council‚ Jo Ann
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and arrange in the correct order. You need to consider and check information carefully. Name of deceased: Ralph "Red" Herring Address: 1110 Montezuma Rd.‚ Montgomery Place of death: Jackson Hospital Cause of death: Colon Cancer Born: San Antonio‚ Texas August 7‚ 1916 Education: Graduated from Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery in 1933 Occupation: Retired farmer Died: 8 a.m. Monday‚ April 9‚ 2013 at Jackson Hospital of colon cancer Survivors: Wife‚ Ethel Mertz Herring Brother‚ Herman
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------------------------------------------------- Montgomery City Council Meeting ------------------------------------------------- Montgomery’s city council is a body of elected officials that work together in order to pass ordinances‚ make policies‚ supervises city government‚ and appropriate funds for various needs. Generally‚ the members of the council are elected by constituents of various districts in the city and are responsible for representing the needs of their district. The work of
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rid of segregation and discrimination among white and colored people. During the 1950s‚ King led several demonstrations like sit-ins‚ marches and protests. King became famous for supporting a program to integrate buses in Montgomery‚ Alabama (Jacobus 211). It became the Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ where hundreds of African Americans refused to ride city buses‚ to protest segregating seating. Throughout the Bus Boycott‚ homes and restaurants were getting bombed. King’s home was bombed and as well as others
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Peace Prize for 1964. King’s struggle continued throughout the 1960s. Often‚ it seemed as though the pattern of progress was two steps forward and one step back. On March 7‚ 1965‚ a civil rights march‚ planned from Selma to Alabama’s capital in Montgomery‚ turned violent as police with nightsticks and tear gas met the demonstrators as they tried to cross the Edmond Pettus Bridge. King was not in the march‚ however the attack was televised showing horrifying images of marchers being bloodied and severely
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The beginning of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference can be accredited to the Montgomery Bus Boycott. Black ministers had an unique position in society that allowed them more freedom. While most black citizens had to fear being fired or kicked out of their residences for speaking out about racial injustice‚ churches however were all owned and managed by blacks. Therefore‚ with a lack of control being held over them‚ black ministers made up 2/3’s of the directors on the board of the Southern
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