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    Running Head: MARTIN LUTHER’S SPEECH Topic: Martin Luther’s Speech Name: Course: Instructor’s Name: Date: Martin Luther’s ‘I have a dream’ was a speech‚ which was delivered to an approximately 200‚000 activists and other demonstrators who were gathered before Lincoln Memorial in the year 1963. This meeting was meant to end the racial and economic injustices‚ which are better described by Luther as chains of discrimination. The meeting purposed to address poverty that was a great hindrance

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    Throughout history there have been many influential people who advocate 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

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    - His real name‚ like that of his father‚ was Michael King . However ‚ during a trip to Germany‚ Mr. King decided to adopt and change their names‚ in honor of the Protestant leader Martin Luther. - One of the biggest achievements of his struggle is that having public support of US President John F. Kennedy ‚ in favor of civil rights in 1963. - The M archa on Washington for Jobs and Freedom ‚ led by MLK on August 28‚ 1963‚ brought together more than 250‚000 people of all ethnicities in one of the

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    Martin Luther King had one statement that people connected with the African American people‚ the punch line stated‚ “I have a dream.” Not relating the two people because they are very different and all Americans unlike Trump hold King to the highest integrity. That being said‚ they are and were both prominent figures in society. Both prominent speakers had a message that they used to define their makeup. Trump has used his own rhetoric to the same effect and connects himself with the voters. Trump

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    Martin Luther King’s vision of social health centralizes around the tolerance and acceptance of all citizens regardless of race‚ class‚ and gender. Originating from biblical scriptures‚ as a Baptist minister‚ King’s civil rights movement strives to bring upon societal unity for the goodness of mankind. King believed God’s children–both white and black–should stand up to freedom together‚ stressing reconciliation over retaliation–peaceful resolutions over violent repercussions. With public disobedience

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    Dr. Martin Luther King inspired a lot of hope‚ especially to those who did not have the same mindset as him. In this poem that is what the author‚ Dr. Maya Angelou writes about‚ and not only that‚ but he also inspired strength and still continues to do those two things. The title of this story‚ “Abundant Hope”‚ not only is appropriate and fitting for the poem‚ it also shows truly what Dr. King fought to bring about and inspire. Different examples of how Dr. King’s legacy of strength and dignity

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    boycotting buses and due to that‚ blacks were able to get rights. Even though Rosa Parks had to serve jail time‚ she was the main cause of those rights today. Rosa Parks was not the only person who did something like this and served jail time as well‚ Martin Luther King Jr. He fought for equality‚ rebelled in order to accomplish what he started and believed in. For the blacks and the whites to be one nation‚ to be mixed all together

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    Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were the stars‚ so to speak‚ of Civil Rights protesting. They are the most famous‚ and are still heard of frequently throughout History text books and magazine articles. Though they died a while back‚ their legacy still lives on‚ to live in a world free of segregation‚ but they each had different ways of “getting what they want”‚ and some ways of getting what they want led to the bad memories that people rather not speak about. Martin was

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    Jail is like a dungeon enclosing those who have bypassed the common law. Martin Luther King Junior got put in jail for peaceful protesting to get everyone equal rights. While King was in jail‚ he wrote a letter to the church explaining why everyone should be treated equally‚ no matter their skin color. King uses metaphors and rhetorical questions to influence and inspire his readers‚ to stop segregation; it is unfair to treat people differently just because of their skin color. Throughout the letter

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    When examining Martin Luther King Jr.’s peacebuilding work‚ he be perceived as a powerful individual. In the beginning years of his life‚ he witnessed a magnitude of mistreatment towards his race. It was because of those oppressions that he wanted to call for a change. As an adult Martin Luther King Jr. battled against racial inequalities peacefully. Martin’s idea of peace was to bring the races together equally and nonviolently. He exercised this belief in many ways‚ one being his well-known walk

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