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    their trust also led to the connection with Dr King and the audience. The audience members felt like they knew him even though they did not recognize him personally all these traits combined with the powerfulness in the compassion of his voice you could literally feel the Holy Spirit. All of these things combined allow Dr King the ability to move the audience in a way no one has ever been able to manage it. By the mid-1960s both Malcolm and Martin believed that societal conditions in the black ghettos

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    a. I chose Martin Luther King‚ Junior’s speech. The name of this speech is “I have a Dream” b. I listened to this speech in Chinese when I was in the middle school. I was attracted by this title-“I have a Dream”. This time‚ I want to listen it again in English in order to feel the original feeling of this speech. c. First‚ I am impressed by the introduction part of this speech. The opening is a powerful one and can stir up the listeners’ passion. When I heard it‚ I really want to know what

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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were and still are respected and appreciated leaders of the African American community in the United States. Both African American greats came from different backgrounds‚ one from a Christian family and the other one from Muslim family. However‚ they faced the same struggle that African Americans were going through since the day they were born. Even though King and X had the same vision of fighting against the struggle‚ they had different tactics of attacking

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    Martin Luther King Jr. believed in also practiced nonviolent resistance because he understood that was the way of life. In the 1966’s that year initiated the first public encounter to the philosophy and approach of nonviolence within the civil right movement. During the deadly racist violence against the nonviolent workers embraced Dr. King’s commitment to nonviolence as a total way of life and inviable ideologies. Many of activists were willing to use peaceful protest and there were the fearful

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    Rev. Martin Luther KingJr. led 53 blacks on a march in downtown Birmingham to protest the cities segregation laws. The Birmingham police arrested all of the demonstrators‚ including King. This caused the clergymen of Birmingham to compose a letter pleading with the black population to end their demonstrations. This letter appeared in The Birmingham Newspaper where the imprisoned Martin Luther King read it (Amistad Digital Resource). In response‚ King drafted a letter that would end up being

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    Dominguez English III – AP Alanis October 4‚ 2011 Martin Luther King Jr. and Segregation The Civil Rights Movement during the 1960’s led to many Americans changing their view of each other. Martin Luther King Jr. elaborately described how many Americans felt about segregation through the use of figurative language‚ details‚ imagery‚ and all the appeals of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos in his speech “I Have a Dream”. First Martin L. King illustrates his dream with explicit use of literary

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man‚ but what was he really like? well from his famous speech I’ve been on a mountaintop we learn that he was a very caring person. Not only that but martin also showed a very determined and helpful spirit‚ but how can we tell that this was a part of his personality‚ well in his speech it shows his personality and his beliefs best. Martin talked about a lot of things but in this speech we see that his focus was on human rights and bettering a community that was

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    Were Martin Luther King Junior’s experiences of‚ actions against and beliefs about segregation different to those of Malcolm X? This essay is to compare the experiences‚ actions and beliefs of both Martin Luther King and Malcolm X and whether their early life had influence upon the actions to be taken by them in later life. Segregation is the separation of people into different racial groups. This applies to many public services and daily places such as laundrettes‚ restaurants‚ shops‚ schools‚ housing

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    Martin Luther King and Benjamin Franklin are two well known significant figures throughout American history. King and Franklin are both similar and different in many aspects of their lives when it comes to their personal lives‚ such as‚ spouse‚ life‚ and education‚ their political movements‚ and their awards. They are good influential leaders to their followers. They both are dedicated and hard workers in what they do. Martin Luther King and Benjamin Franklin’s lives can be compared where both

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister‚ activist‚ and he was also a humanitarian‚ and he was also a leader in the African – American civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr. changed the cruel things that was happening in the world. Martin Luther king Jr. was born on January 15th in 1929 in Atlanta GA. He was also married to Coretta Scott King(1953-1968). Martin Luther King had 4 children named … Martin Luther King 3‚ Yolanda King‚ Bernice King‚ Dexter Scott King. Martin Luther

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