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There is very few people in history you can't paint as a villain and out of these saintly individuals there is really only one that i can think of who is not literally a religious figure. Martin Luther King Jr. as a kid I always looked up to this guy he was my hero. Someone who was able to fight for what he believed in without so much as raising a fist. So in my eyes mr.King was a perfect gentleman. His first real achievement was beimg the organizer of the montgomery bus boycotts. This boycott…

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr once wrote a quote "Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that". Dr king had many statements, dreams, thoughts, visions, and ideas. He had many strong and powerful influential and inspirational sayings that some people hated and appreciated a lot. In the next few paragraphs, it is going to explain the importances of Dr. Martin Luther Kings concepts and dreams he had. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was an…

Martin Luther King Junior's two letters or speeches commemorate the goals and the morals of how he wanted to go about change. His words have meaning now more than ever. He states multiple times about peaceful protest, but also to have direct action. This theory is cemented by his statement, “It is wrong to use immoral means to attain moral ends.” This can be connected to protests against Trump during 2017 and 2016 where they had many vandalisms and robberies. This shows little to no growth of…

“There is strength in numbers.” This saying means that you are at your strongest when you are working together with other people. An example of this is Martin Luther King. You might be thinking why him he was only one person. Yes, King was just one person but without his followers spreading and supporting his beliefs, he would be just like any other person. His famous “ I have a dream” speech made such a difference because of how many people reacted to it. The people as a whole are really the…

The ethical issue that Antigone faced can be viewed through a multitude of philosophical perspectives, but only one theory provides the best lens. Antigone is faced with the moral dilemma of choosing to honor her dead brother, Polyneices, or to let him rot in the presence of scavenging animals. With the burying of Polyneices, Antigone would dishonor the government and put her life at stake, but also let Polyneices soul be at rest. When the situation is viewed through the Golden Rule, the…

If Martin Luther King Jr. was still alive BY: Zoe Ebbing 6th grade “We cannot have an enlightened democracy with one great group living in ignorance. We cannot have a healthy nation with one-tenth of the people ill-nourished, sick, harboring germs of disease which recognize no color lines-obey no Jim Crow laws. We cannot have a nation orderly and sound with one group so ground down and thwarted that it is almost forced into unsocial attitudes and crime. We cannot have truly Christian people so…

Martin Luther King Don’t you guys think that Mr. King would be president if he was still alive? People all over the nation believe he would’ve been the best president we would have ever seen. Martin Luther King was the youngest male to win the Nobel Peace Prize. Martin Luther King was one of the biggest Civil Rights leader long ago. After His terrific heroism he was assassinated on April 4, 1968. He was shot one time at his motel in Memphis, Tennessee. If you think about it his assassination was…

The Drum Major Instinct is a sermon by Martin Luther King Jr. which explains how everyone wants to become a leader, but no one wants to become a leader for justice, peace, and righteousness. This Sermon is to inform and persuade the reader about the beliefs Martin Luther king had. Martin Luther king Jr. gave his speech on February 4, 1968 and was assassinated 2 months later in April 4, 1968. The target audience were African Americans, protesters, and the people attending in the Ebenezer Baptism…

Martin Luther King Jr. played a significant role in getting society to where is now. He helped pave the way to achieve equal rights for all people. He did this by helping get the Civil Rights Act passed. Without Dr. King, we would still have segregation and oppression. However, today's world is not perfect, there is still major injustice all over the world, just as it was in Martin Luther King Jr.’s time. Society tells people that we are all equal and have the same opportunities, but this is…

Jesus Rodriguez Ms. Bastante Period 4 10/05/15 Martin Luther King Jr. was a philosophiser and he changed many lives in the mid 1950s and 1960s. In Martin Luther king Jr’s “I have a dream” speech, he says a lot of inspiring things. For example, during Martin Luther King Jr. speech he uses several of techniques to persuade people. He uses rhetorical devices to get people’s action and to persuade them. In his speech he uses repetition, and parallelism. In his speech he had persuaded…