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    Martin Luther King‚ Jr. Throughout the 1960’s racism had kept America separated between whites and blacks. Separation caused by people being judged by a solitary feature of their body‚ their skin color. Martin Luther King was against such discrimination‚ he was determined to help all African Americans men and women achieve their equality through his philosophies and non-violent movements. He believed “ that nonviolent protests is the most effective weapon against a racist and unjust society” (

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    The Civil Rights Movement in 1963 sparked a turning point for all minorities in the United States. Although there had been many advancements towards true civil rights in the past‚ no one had ever taken it seriously until Reverend Martin Luther King Jr. helped lead a Civil Rights Act to truly get equality in all portions of life. Rev. King was one of the major characters in the Civil Rights Movement who furthered its advancement at the cost of some of his own leisure. On Tuesday‚ April 16th‚ 1963

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    From late 1965 through 1968‚ Martin Luther King Jr. expanded his Civil Rights Movement into larger cities‚ focusing on economic justice and international peace. He led several campaigns in Chicago‚ Illinois towards economic help in the large city. He was met with much criticism from younger black power leaders such as Stokely Carmichael. In the eyes of many of the young urban African Americans‚ King was passive and noneffective. To address the criticism‚ King made a link between poverty and discrimination

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    Throughout the Civil Rights Movement in the in the United States‚ there have many great influential leaders. However‚ there is always one unequivocal leader that jumps into mind‚ and that is Martin Luther King Jr. MLK was born on January 15‚ 1929‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. During this time‚ segregation and discrimination was still integrated in the daily life of every African American. Even though it had been nearly 100 years after the emancipation proclamation‚ “African Americans in Southern states still

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    Martin Luther King Jr. (born Michael King Jr.; January 15‚ 1929 – April 4‚ 1968) was an American Christian minister‚ activist‚ and political philosopher who was one of the most prominent leaders in the civil rights movement from 1955 until his assassination in 1968. A black church leader and a son of early civil rights activist and minister Martin Luther King Sr.‚ King advanced civil rights for people of color in the United States through the use of nonviolent resistance and nonviolent civil disobedience

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    used violence and intimidation in order to avert blacks from associating with whites socially‚ from voting‚ and even progressing financially. Civil rights activists‚ such as Maritn Luther King Jr.‚ sought to put an end to such discrimination. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ a leader of manifold nonviolent protests during the Civil Rights Era‚ was said to be the "single most important figure in the African American community’s struggle

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister‚ activist‚ humanitarian‚ and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He hoped that the United States and the rest of the world would become a “colorblind” society that did not judge by skin color. His speeches inspired and still affect many today. He is best known for his role in the advancement of civil rights using nonviolent civil disobedience based on his Christian beliefs. He led the 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott and helped

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was the most influential freedom walker of them all. During the Civil Rights Movement‚ many people hated segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the many people who hated segregation. The law was that whites and blacks were to not be by each other. The Civil Rights Movement was all about getting the buses to be integrated. All of the white people did not want the buses to be integrated. The whites would say “they are not sitting by a dirty nigger ¨. MLK was a reverend

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    One of the most important historical figures in world history was Martin Luther King Jr‚ the voice of the famed Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century‚ because of his efforts to unify people from all ethnic backgrounds and walks of life in hopes to integrate American society and bring an end to racial unjustness against blacks. Martin‚ born January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ spent his early childhood on the streets of Sweet Auburn‚ a neighborhood that was home to some of the most affluent and prosperous

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