Elizabeth Trushel Professor Martin English 101-03 Sept 3‚ 2014 Martin Luther King Martin Luther King was an awe inspiring individual for any period of time. He practiced the teachings of Ghandi. He knew what he believed in and went after it with his whole heart and being. His letter “Letter From Birmingham Jail” gives me goosebumps. The fact that it was mostly written in the margins of newspppers an smuggles out it truly amazing!! Martin Luther King is an example and inspiration in
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Privilege “ I look to the day when people will not be judged by the color of the skin‚ but by the content of their character ” - Martin Luther King Jr. This is a phrase heard by more than two million Americans on August 28‚1963‚ in the speech ‘ I have a dream’ and since‚ then it has travelled through millions of heads and thoughts in the world. Dr. king Jr. dreamed of America‚ a place where the colors of black and white would become so interwined‚ that the people will not be judged by
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I. Martin Luther King Jr wanted unity. 1. Dr. King wanted people of all races to work and live together in peace 2. Dr. King considered us all as brothers and sisters 3. Dr. King wanted all children regardless of race to be able to play together II. Martin Luther King Jr was able to address everyone equally. 1. Dr. King had amazing confidence when it came to addressing people who thought he was beneath him. 2. Dr. King also addressed
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Martin Luther King Jr. was a great man and an important part of the Civil Rights Movement. Dr. King was a Baptist Minister and a social activist. He was born on January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia at their family home. He was the second child of Martin Luther King‚ Sr. and Alberta Williams King (The King Center‚ About Dr. King). Martin Luther King Jr. married Coretta Scott King‚ together they had four children. Dr. King’s goal as an activist was to try and achieve equality for African Americans
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Martin Luther King Jr’s early life was really interesting! He was a civil rights activist who was born on January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ U.S.A. He and his father were both born as Michael King‚ but after a 1934 trip to Germany to attend the Fifth Baptist World Alliance Congress in Berlin‚ the elder King changed both of their names to Martin Luther King in honour of the German reformer Martin Luther. As a child‚ Martin was friends with a white boy. When they turned six‚ the boy went to a school
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nominated in the year of 1860. He issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1st 1863 and it forever freed the slaves within the Confederacy. (2) Martin Luther King Jr. became one of the most outstanding black leaders in the United States. He awakened the whites and the blackes protest racial discrimination. (5) Abraham Lincoln and Martin Luther King Jr. both made huge differences in their lifetime. They accomplished so many things and made the world a better place. Abraham Lincoln accomplished so
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Martin Luther King: I Have a Dream Martin Luther King was an established clergyman and one of the most prominent civil rights activists of the 1960s. He founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and electrified America with his momentous “I Have a Dream” speech‚ dramatically delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. The key message in the speech is that all people are created equal‚ and through the integration of society‚ peace and harmony could be achieved. His words were directed
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Martin Luther King in the 60’s Since the late 1600’s‚ African Americans have been fighting for equality. In 1865‚ during the presidency of Andrew Jackson‚ laws were imposed to segregate severely against blacks. During this time public schools were segregated‚ prohibiting their right to vote‚ and forbid them to sit on juries. At this point‚ African Americans became embittered and wanted to make a change in the way they were being treated. Heroes such as Rosa Parks‚ Jackie Robinson and Martin Luther
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Martin Luther King‚ Jr. The Great Communicator Dr Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was born on Tuesday ‚ January 15‚ 1929 in Atlanta Georgia (Nobel Prize). Both his father and grandfather were baptist preachers who have been actively involved in the civil rights movement. (Nobel Prize). Watching his father and grand father preach and being key speakers for aposing racism ‚ this laid the gound work for Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. to be one of the greatest communicators and people of all time. Dr. Kings
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Martin Luther King JR. and Abraham Lincoln were heros for the blacks and slaves and will go down in history .Both are very known for addressing the racism of the United States Of America . Both of these men protested and spoke about racism‚ Martin Luther King JR. fought for blacks to be equal with whites and other races and Abraham Lincoln talked for slaves to be freed from the union and their slave owners . They both wanted to succeed in very similar goals to help blacks and slaves. Martin
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