Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. did great things in their life times. They were civil right activists who took a form of action to obtain equal rights amongst their society. But which one was more effective during his time? The answer to this question is somewhat biased‚ usually depending on your race‚ geographical location‚ and if you or someone you know has directly experienced the effects of the actions of these men. An Indian would choose Mohandas Gandhi over Martin Luther King Jr. without even
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Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday is January 15‚1929 April 4‚1968 where Martin Luther king Jr. was born at January 15‚in Alanta Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr. Family members is sister mother and father where Martin Luther king jr attend school was huts but the white pepole had better schools. Martin Luther King jr. job was a Bapist Minister Martin Luther King jr. life events is 1941 summer the King family Martin Luther King sr Daddy King Alberta Williams .King Wille christen king Aberta Martin Luther
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However‚ Martin Luther King’s father‚ the 1930s president of Atlanta’s branch of the NAACP‚ taught him about the Civil Rights Movement. The movement is usually condensed into a few short pages in various texts‚ often highlighting Martin Luther King‚ Jr. and Rosa Parks. However‚ they fail to tell about the many‚ and often nameless‚ activists‚ who took great personal sacrifices to
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In the article “The purpose of education” by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. states that “most college men have a misconception of the purpose of education.” Martin Luther King Jr. believes that the purpose of education is “to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. I fully agree with what he is stating because most students don’t understand the purpose of education. Instead they view it as another way to help them trample over others. I disagree on how people acknowledge education now
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marches and had rallies. He did not encourage violence during these events. MLK Jr. understood that doing these things could possibly lead to repercussions and was willing to take them‚ unlike violent protestors they think they shouldn’t get in trouble for destroying someone’s property or threatening their rights because they did it for a cause they truly believed in. One example of a violent protestor during Martin Luther King Jr. era was Malcolm X. He was fighting for the same thing that MLK was fighting
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a famous advocate and preacher during the Civil Rights Movement‚ who many Americans disliked. Unfortunately‚ on April 4‚ 1968‚ one American expressed his hate for Dr. King in an incredibly radical way by assassinating him in Memphis‚ Tennessee around 6 pm‚ at the Lorraine Motel. Martin Luther King Jr. had been standing on his balcony when he was shot in the face and chest. Immediately following‚ the people staying with him‚ Jesse Jackson‚ Ralph Abernathy‚ Andrew Young‚
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education system to address the long-term effect of the problem by minimizing the number of beggars out there. Now this fundamentally connects to social entrepreneurship because these entrepreneurs seek to address these social problems. They find new ways to change‚ restructure and revolutionize already much out-of-date system with the greater good in mind. I really also agree with Cypress Ellen how this quote calls for the social entrepreneurial activism. Taking initiative to change already established
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A Speech to Remember‚ But Not to Examine Closely In this speech‚ Martin Luther King Jr. attempts to show his opinion against American involvement in the Vietnam War. He does a fairly acceptable job with this speech‚ but there are frequent errors in his speech. To support his speech‚ MLK uses a variety of Ethos and Pathos examples. However there is not a high amount of Logos examples to be found. There is also a sense of MLK being bias during this speech. This makes his overall speech unsteady
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This speech was meant for primarily for African Americans and to all who supported the civil rights movement. Martin Luther King Jr would stress the importance of non-violence throughout the movement and mentions it again in this speech staring that they have overcome violence. In this speech King also consistently praises American democracy stating that they can protest because of democracy that they couldn’t do this if they were in a communist nation or a nation run under a dictatorship. This was
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On April 16‚ 1963 while Martin Luther King Jr. was in the Birmingham jail‚ he decided to write to a letter to a group of clergymen. This letter was first composed on the margins of a newspaper‚ then continued on scraps of writing paper. He was very disappointed because Negros aren’t being treated fairly despite laws that have granted freedom. Throughout the southern United States negroes have experienced prejudice‚ so Martin Luther King Jr. and his followers have been nonviolently protesting against
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