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    by which the organization was associated with 85 others in southern United States. In this letter he wrote mostly about morals and justice. In which he also argues that we need to be able to stand for what we believe and in protecting the rights of all people.…

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    King tells the people of Birmingham the correct way that racial injustice should be handled, and furthermore justifies the mutinies for spreading awareness to all. Dr. King further supports his action of peaceful protesting by arguing that he has the moral right to address the inequality and injustice inflicted on the African American people of Birmingham, Alabama. He argues that his method of rallying - which…

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    their experience is nothing, but a tragedy. King stated “And so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream.” (King Paragraph 16.) This is towards all the Americans on how we all deserve to have the freedom to dream whether if it comes true or not we still have the right. Just like how I have a dream of owning my own house at the age of 27 it might come true or it might not. Lets not let the fear of failure…

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    needing to ask Gertrude herself." (170) Thus, the society also oppressed women at that time without asking them to defend themselves because people, especially men, look at women as guilty, and they refer every problem to women. We noticed how Gertrude obeyed her husband in many situations. First, in Act2 the queen agrees with the king's doing which is asking Guildenstern and Rosencrantz, Hamlet's friends, to spy on Hamlet to Know if Hamlet is mad or not. Furthermore, she tells the two…

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    Patrick Henry was very passionate about the place he called home, however he felt like he, along with the other colonists was being held captive as the British King’s slaves. Patrick presented a “Speech in the Virginia Convention” in March of 1775 to the prevalent president during that time period, Peyton Randolph. Henry contemplated to get people on his side and for them to detect the acceptable conditions that…

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    King’s letter was not an innocent appeal, it was designed for manipulation. First, he defended his very presence in Birmingham by taking advantage of the patriotism that brought citizens from every state together to be American. He then listed in vibrant detail the injustices, past and present, heaped upon the backs of the African American race. King stood behind the civil disobedience that his group practiced with an explanation of his meaning of “unjust laws.” He refuted the claim that he and…

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    were two regions that lied on the east coast of America. The people that settled in these regions were of English origin. Later on in time New England and Chesapeake started growing two different identities. People left their homes with family and all ,then they embarked on a journey to the new world. Some people went to the north for religious freedom, while some went south on a quest to find money. Massachusetts and New England were both just two regions on a map but over time things started…

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    Racism is an issue in both past and present day. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream for his people, for freedom and equality among all African-Americans. There are many comparisons between Dr. Kings “I Have a Dream...” speech and the novel To Kill a Mockingbird. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Atticus Finch are very similar in personality. They show true courage, when standing up against others to spread their message of equality. For example, Atticus Finch who is a defense attorney, is…

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    Crown of Midnight In my book, Crown of Midnight by Sarah J. Mass, there is an eighteen year old girl named Celaena Sardothien who is the King’s assassin. She just outwitted, outfought, and outlasted twenty four brutal men to be the King’s most feared assassin. If you won, you would be rewarded with a large salary, being able to live in the castle, and most important to Celaena, freedom after 5 years if you kill everyone on the list that the King gives you. Celaena stalks her victim and…

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    to see that we have achieved his dream we have made a difference throughout all the years and ended segregation. Dr. Martin Luther King ¨ I have a dream speech.¨ King had made the heroic and historic speech on August 28 1963. His speech was about wanting equality and freedom for all people of America. He wanted to achieve his dream of freedom for all men and women by using nonviolent acts of protest. Martin Luther King’s dream has been achieved greatly with the supporting ideas of equal rights,…

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