Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were and still are respected and appreciated leaders of the African American community in the United States. Both African American greats came from different backgrounds‚ one from a Christian family and the other one from Muslim family. However‚ they faced the same struggle that African Americans were going through since the day they were born. Even though King and X had the same vision of fighting against the struggle‚ they had different tactics of attacking
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the Civil Rights Struggle Both Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were labeled as extremists however they both had different reasons that led them to be labeled this way. At the end of the day it is evident that neither of these two activists were extreme because they were simply asking for what should have never been taken away from them-their freedom. The idea of taking direct action and changing things for the better were all things that Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X dedicated themselves
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living in this world. Martin Luther King Jr was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia. “Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and social activist‚ who led the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968 (biography).” Martin was in the NAACP which refers to National Association Advancement of Colored People. “That was the leading African American
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Mr. Patrone May‚ 6 2012 CHA 3U1 Title: Martin Luther King Jr.: Civil Rights Movement Impact Black men and white men‚ Jews and Gentiles‚ Protestants and Catholics‚ will be able to join hands and sing in the words of the old Negro spiritual: Free at last! Free at last! Thank God Almighty‚ we are free at last!(Willhelm‚ Sidney M. pg5) This is a small portion of the speech by one of the most famous American Civil Rights leader Martin Luther king Jr. titled I Have A Dream. It is also perhaps the
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Martin Luther King Jr. changed/impacted the world in many different ways‚ he showed people how blacks were being treated. He stopped segregation by his words and not fighting he was able to get the “whites only” signs taken down in the city(How Martin Luther King Jr. Changed the world for better.” Truth Tellers‚ 7 May 2014‚ truthtellersblogg.wordpress.com/2014/05/05/69/). He wanted people to change the way that they viewed African Americans‚ he wanted blacks to feel as if they had the same rights
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In the years since his assassination on April 4‚ 1968‚ as he stood on the balcony of the Lorraine Motel in Memphis‚ Tennessee‚ Martin Luther King‚ Jr.‚ has evolved from a prominent civil rights leader into the symbol for the Civil Rights Movement in the United States. He is studied by schoolchildren of all backgrounds; his words are quoted by the powerless and the powerful‚ by anyone who has a dream to make her or his life better‚ to better the nation‚ or the world. Monuments have been dedicated
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BARRIERS FACED BY PROMINENT LEADER. Leaders face multiple barriers in their quest to serve their people. In some regards‚ these barriers are brought upon by individuals or institutions that want to propagate certain oppressive or dehumanizing policies. Several leaders in history faced barriers of different magnitudes in their quest to fulfill their leadership responsibilities (De‚ and Brown‚ 50). While not all of the barriers were of the same magnitude‚ they were handled differently by different
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different from each other. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ stood up for lots of people and also fairness. Cesar Chavez stood up stood up for workers rights and people. Martin Luther King Jr and Cesar Chavez both are very famous but‚ similar in different ways. These people are similar and they happen to also are very different. Some similarities about Martin Luther King Jr.‚ and Cesar Chavez is that they both sacrificed their lives for people. This is true because Martin Luther King Jr.‚ got shot and Cesar
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Martin Luther King by Indira Gandhi Prime Minister Of India Speech at the presentation of the Jawaharial Nehru Award for International Understanding to Coretta Scott King in New Delhi‚ India on January 24‚ 1969. This is a poignant moment for all of us. We remember vividly your last visit to our country. We had hoped that on this occasion‚ Dr. King and you would be standing side by side on this platform. That was not to be. He is not with us but we feel his spirit. We admired Dr. King. We felt
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freedoms as exposed in Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter From Birmingham Jail. Even though our Founding Fathers established these rights to all of the people in 1787 and slavery had been abolished in 1865‚ a negro’s life did not fall under this covenant of freedom. Hostility and intolerance plagued these times‚ and someone needed to put an end to the oppression. Too much scarlet red had oozed out of the lives of innocent negro men‚ women‚ and children. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of those individuals
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