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    February 26‚ 2014 Martin Luther King Martin Luther King essay This will be my essay on the legendary Martin Luther King Jr. Mr. King was a very strong man to the black community for multiple reasons. He supported the black community through the racism and segregation. He had encouraged associates such as Malcolm X‚ Mohammad Ali‚ and Rosa parks. This will be my essay on the life of Martin Luther King Jr. Mr. King was born January 15‚1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia as Michael king‚ but later on his

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    Upon comparing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dalai Lama it becomes apparent that the two share many similar doctrines and beliefs. Although they come from two totally different backgrounds it seems as though their overall goals and dreams coincide. The most striking similarity is that both men advocated/advocate for peace and nonviolent solutions to problems. While they may have approached matters differently the goal was the same. Analyzing both men one begins to see that they are admired by

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    America offers the freedom of speech and people routinely take advantage of the opportunity to mend the nation’s problems‚ from the most recent national school walkout to call for gun control to Martin Luther King’s speeches protesting on racial inequality in the 1960s. Another major issue surfaced recently involved professional American football NFL players kneeling during the national anthem. The cornerstone of this movement was former San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick‚ who was

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    Martin Luther King Jr. What makes up a great leader; more specifically‚ what made Martin Luther King Jr. an outstanding leader during the civil rights movement? An influential leader possesses many qualities that differentiate them from just a regular person trying to persuade a group of people. A powerful leader is able to utilize words in ways that creates a movement within a society‚ not discriminating between sex‚ creed‚ or race; truly believing that the pen is indeed mightier than the sword

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    changed our world in good or bad ways but one significant change and one person that I always remember when I talk about change is Martin Luther King Jr.The change that he made was making all races and colors equal. He has a very important quote about equality and about how all men are created equal. Martin has change the world in more than one way‚ but I believe that this changing event is the most important. Out of all of the quotes that Martin Luther King Jr. has said about equality‚ I believe

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    has justified the separation of people due to skin color‚ this was known as segregation. Eventually people began to stand up against this oppression‚ these actions and events will later be known as the civil rights movement‚ a movement that has spread all across america causing uprisings all over for the fight for desegregation. People such as Dr.Martin Luther King‚ Ida B. Wells‚ Rosa Parks and the students of Little Rock‚ known as Little Rock Nine are all major historical figures in the civil rights

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    “Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.” When I think about his name‚ I think about a strong and independent African American leader that constantly lead nonviolent protest in the United States of America. Growing up‚ student’s never learn all the information there is to know about Dr. King. From the basics‚ I knew only certain things about Dr King‚ like who he was and what he did for our country. In my junior year of high school‚ I had to write a research paper on Dr. King‚ so then‚ I learned a lot of information

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    I think Martin Luther King’s speech make the strongest argument when Martin Luther King once said‚ "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin‚ but by the content of their character." This saying rang towards the steps of the Lincoln Memorial to the eager‚ listening ears of people who wanted reform. August 28‚ 1963‚ marked the day when Martin Luther King Jr. had changed more than just Washington. More than America

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was certainly a very kind hearted man. He was very kind and fought for peace with peaceful acts. Something that I thought was cool is that he had all of these people listening to him and he could have easily overthrown the government but instead he was peaceful and never used violence against people.“Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy to a friend.”(Martin Luther King Jr.) Martin Luther King has a very large amount of meaningful quotes. Martin Luther King

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    “ The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and confidence‚ but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy”            -Martin Luther King Jr.     Martin Luther King Jr‚ Abraham Lincoln‚ and George Washington all stated that the stories of terrorism‚ violence‚ and inequality were all acts of creating an even more sunder society. 1For several years‚ equality and freedom were always used for granted when it came to the color of people’s skin‚ gender‚ and

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