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    “ I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. That is why right temporarily defeated‚ is stronger than evil triumph.” (etonline.com) Wouldn’t you do the same thing he did for your freedom and rights? Do you think if he had not done that‚ what if that was still going around? It would change a lot. Martin Luther King was born on January 15‚ 1929. He was the middle child. Between an older sister and a younger brother. He liked to sing at his church. He became

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    Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr. should have a song that is dedicated to him I found one that suits him just right‚ it is The Jungle Book song “I Wanna be like You.” It fits him because at one point of our life we have all wanted to be like him. Even if it was just one little thing about him we wanted we still wanted to be like him a little. If you haven’t‚ then you will by the end of this essay. Martin Luther King Jr. had three qualities that I want to point out because I think that

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    made a phenomenal part of history. Boycotting was done in mass community protests and they were extremely non violent and labeled by Martin Luther King Jr. as Civil Disobedience. Protests were spontaneous and could last for many months at a time. Rosa Parks inspired the beginnings of the Montgomery bus boycott when she refused to give up her seat on the bus to a white person for she was tired after a long day at work. The emergence of Martin Luther King Jr. was along with the famous Montgomery Bus

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    Today one of the most cherished ideologies of America is the fact that everyone is and should be created equal. With this cherished ideology bringing a sense of pride and diversity to America we must keep in mind that this cherished ideology did not always exist. Since 1865 various individuals and groups have not been able to receive and express their rights to full equal status in the United States. These different individuals and groups have seemingly fought for their rights in equality and have

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    with the "Separate but Equal" doctrine in public education. In 1956 the doctrine was undermined by another key decision delivered by the Supreme Court in the wake of the Montgomery bus boycott‚ which followed the arrest of a prominent NAACP member Rosa Parks. It was herself who unleashed the boycott by refusing to yield her place to a white person on the bus on December 1‚ 1955. The permanent inheritance of the boycott‚ as Roberta Wright wrote‚ was that "It helped to launch a 10-year national struggle

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    What was the contribution of Martin Luther King to US affairs? 1) Introduction: 1. Before 1945‚ the Negro community was regarded as socially inferior within the United States. 2. While slavery had been abolished in 1863 under President Lincoln‚ segregation was commonplace‚ especially in the southern sates. 3. The Jim Crow laws were in place to maintain this segregation and in 1896‚ the Supreme Court ruled these laws constitutional. 4. However‚ the growing discontentment among the Negro community

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    primary voice‚ crying in the wasteland of inequality and segregation. In March 1955‚ a fifteen-year-old school girl‚ Claudette Colvin‚ refused to give up her bus seat to a white man‚ in compliance with the laws of the time. On December 1‚ 1955‚ Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat. The Montgomery Bus Boycott‚ planned by Edgar Nixon and led by Martin Luther King‚ soon followed. The boycott lasted for 385 days‚ and the situation became so tense that King’s house was bombed. Following

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    eventually because of his passion he was able to help abolish segregation in our country. There are many people in this world that has broken laws and rules in order to stand up for what they believe in like Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Gandhi‚ and Rosa Parks. Although what they did was breaking the law‚ they have changed the law today because of their passion and there fight for a better government. Well in my opinion I also believe that breaking the law would be ok if the law was unjust. For

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    individuals. The federal government positively and negatively affected the Civil Rights Movement as well. Although the Civil Rights is seen as a success there are still many ways in which it failed. The Civil Rights movement to some was set up by Rosa Parks as she made her brave sit in on that bus in Alabama that day after coming from work. Using her networking skills from the NAACP she contacted Dr. King and began the Montgomery bus boycott. This was an imperative part of the movement because it financially

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    equality and justice for all Americans of all colors. King believed that peaceful refusal to obey unjust law was the best way to bring about social change. King was inspired by Mahatma Gandhi´s success with non-violent activism . on December 1‚ 1955 Rosa Parks ‚ an afrikan American woman was arrested for refusing to give up her seat to a white man . here is when the Montgomery bus boycott takes place ‚ it was planned by Nixon and led by King ‚ it lasted 385 days and the situation became so tense that

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