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    Dr. Martin Luther KingJr.: An American Leader During his brief lifetime‚ Dr. Martin Luther KingJr. led an exemplary life of leadership. Prior to his assassination on April 4‚ 1968 (“About Dr. King”)‚ Dr. Martin Luther KingJr. was an important figure in the Civil Rights Movement. His work to end racial discrimination‚ however‚ was not the only thing King did to establish his legacy in American history as an important leader. His political activism‚ diplomatic virtue and efforts to improve

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    Martin Luther King Jr’s ”The Ways of Meeting Oppression” is a division and classification essay in which King explains the ways in which oppressed people meet oppression. He states that‚ historically‚ oppressed people have responded to their oppression in negative ways either resulting in their total destruction or prolonging their oppression. King challenges the oppressed Negro to meet oppression positively and effectively. In the essay‚ he examines the three characteristics ways of meeting oppression

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    The speech my Martin Luther King Jr. had a significant influence on me. I fully agree with this prominent civil rights activists on almost every point. I do believe that war had had a serious impact on the United States since it postponed poverty program. The explanation for this is simple: since the government is not able to have access to an unlimited amount of money‚ it has to direct it to the areas that it deems important. At that moment‚ the government thought that sending troops to Vietnam

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    Martin Luther KingJr. was perhaps one of the most influential person of our time. As the father of modern civil rights movement‚ Dr.Martin Luther kingJr.‚ is recognized around the world as a symbol of freedom and peace. Born January 15‚ 1929‚ King was the son of an Atlanta pastor. King accomplished many achievements during his life. He graduated from Morehouse as a minister in 1948 and went on to Crozer Theological seminary in Chester‚ Pa.‚ where he earned a divinity degree. After that King went

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    Beyond question they have never received their God given rights of freedom. Martin Luther King Jr. was on a mission to give blacks the freedom they deserved and have been waiting for all throughout time. King was the leader of the nonviolent civil rights movement. While incarcerated in Birmingham jail King wrote a letter to eight clergymen (priest or minister of a Christian church) to get them to join his nonviolence movement. King utilizes allusions‚ anaphora‚ and pathos to convey his disappointed yet

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    Martin Luther kingJr. By: Bilal Ahmad 7-E Can you imagine the world if Martin Luther king did not help to get equal rights between White people and Black people? Martin Luther king was an American pastor‚ activist‚ humanitarian‚ and leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement. We as a race would not be where we are today. Martin Luther king Jr. is a symbol of social justice all over the United States. Everything king did started with his childhood. His parents taught him

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    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered as one of the most lauded African-American civil rights activists in history. On August 28‚ 1963 in Washington D.C.‚ he delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech. Time Magazine calls it one of the top ten greatest speeches in history. Dr. King‚ along with many other civil rights activists and protesters‚ paved the way for change to be made in America. It’s so important for the youth of our generation to stand up and make themselves heard about change that needs

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    Martin Luther King and The Giver. Are pretty much the same because. They are talking about how everybody should be the same and equal. And and doodle for kids End how how people should notdoodle pick a new is talking about how people are different. Like in their own unique way. I do not know how didn’t can you all and I gave her and Martha Luther King speech is the same it confuses me. Martin Luther King is talking about how the black men and the little black children play with the white children

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    for peace. such as thoreau an American writer in early American history. There was Martin luther king jr. a man who doesn’t need an introduction. Same as the second man Gandhi doesn’t need an introduction. Each of these men change a way a nation thinks. Thoreau came first leading the way for Gandhi and King. Thoreau is the one that inspired the other two with his papers about how we should view life and the way we treat people. Without him we would have a different world. He was only broad

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    beings. Each individual has his or her own definition of violence and when it is acceptable or ethical to use it. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ Walter Benjamin‚ and Hannah Arendt are among the many that wrote about the different facets of violence‚ in what cases it is ethical‚ the role we as individuals play in this violent society and the political aspects behind our violence. Martin Luther King Jr. was a brilliant man who preached non-violence to his followers during the fight of equality in deeply embedded

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