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    The early 1900’s were a confusing time for society. Slavery had been abolished, the depression was on the rise, and religious and political beliefs were being questioned. Martin Luther King Jr writes in his Autobiography that he was born in the later years of this segregation and from an early age questioned why and how culture could develop and exist in this fashion. His religious upbringing taught him about love and how men are created equal, yet confused him further about the existence of…

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    Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. remain as one of the most prominent figures of United States history for addressing issues of social justice plaguing our society on a national scale. Dr. King’s impact in the Civil Rights Movement reappears each year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day and during Black History month. American culture remembers Dr. King solely for few significant moments in his life, such as his “I have a dream speech” and March on Washington. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. is viewed from a…

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    But also, a bit different. Martin Luther King has a view with goals and how people have to complete them without having someone interfering. Lao Tzu has a view of taking day by day. One belief is more in the present when the other is more of the future. That is why in this case, I am more leaned towards Lao Tzu ideology. I agree with Lao Tzu more than Martin Luther King belief because I am someone who do not like to think a lot about their future. I like…

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    King was born in Atlanta, Georgia in 1929. According to New Georgia Encyclopedia (2016), “King was the most prominent African American leader in the civil rights movement of the 1950s and 1960s, right before Jim Crow was ended altogether. Although King was born in Georgia, some of his stories originated in Alabama, where he relocated to minister and live with his wife Corretta Scott King. Since Martin Luther King Jr lived in Alabama and had family in Georgia…

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    My research is about Martin Luther King Jr., he was born on January 15, 1929. His original name was Michael Luther King Jr. but later on changed it. His family was known for being pastors. His grandfather started at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta. Since being being a pastor was kinda the family thing, so Martin Luther King Jr. was a co-pastor. He graduated high school at age 15. After high school he went to Morehouse College and got his B.A. degree. Morehouse College is a college that…

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    Martin Luther KIng Jr. was born January 15,1929. He was born in noon in atlanta. He was the second child of his family. He grow up in his grandparents Large victorain house on Auburn Avenue in Anlanta, Georgia. His original name was Michael given by his father then changed it to Martin Luther King Jr. to honor the protestant leader Martin Luther. He attended Alanta Public School,First David T. Howard Elementry, Then Booker t. Washington high school. He had one brother and one sister he was the…

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    Supreme Justice Clarence Thomas Born June 23, 1948 in Pin Point near Savannah, Georgia, the second of three children to M.C. Thomas and Leola Williams was named Clarence Thomas. He was a descendant of freed slaves and his family spoke Gullah as a first language. Thomas primarily was raised by his grandfather, Myers Anderson around the age of nine after his mother and siblings were displaced due to a house fire. Raised Roman Catholic, he greatly contemplated going into priesthood as a youth.…

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    question is, What are you doing to others?” Michael Luther King Jr was born on January 15, 1929,in Atlanta, Georgia. He was renamed Martin, just like his dad. He was raised by his parents, Reverend Martin Luther King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. When Martin was a child, he could not understand why black people and white people were not treated equally. Martin`s parents taught him to be respectful and kind to others. Martin Luther King Jr. is inspirational because he stood up for equal rights…

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    Martin Luther King Jr versus Malcolm X Martin Luther King Jr was a son of a baptist minister. As a child he was a passionate person about what he believed in. Martin Luther King Jr was a young gentlemen he was sought out to be a strong leader and motivated speaker and he was put in charge to be a protest speaker. Martin Luther King Jr theology was disobedience and resistance. Martin Luther King Jr wanted equality more than anything. Martin Luther King Jr tactics were in nonviolence acts were…

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    man named Martin Luther King Jr who is also jailed unfairly, which is similar to Socrates’ situation. It is an epic about the fight for justice and the fight to change the views of the Church in the 1960s and an epic about philia, a term that the Greeks described as friendship developed…

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