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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a civil rights activist. He had a wife named Coretta Scott. They had four kids together. When Martin Luther King Jr. was younger he tried to commit suicide. He tried to commit suicide because he was upset when he found out that his grandmother had passed away. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April, 1969. In his life he earned a Nobel Peace Prize among many other honors. He was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He is still…

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    Human rights activist Malcolm X in his speech, “The Ballot or the Bullet” reiterates the injustice in America towards people of color and inspires the black community to use their power in numbers in the election (ballot) or if necessary by force (bullet). X’s purpose is to awaken the black community to their potential to put an end to discrimination in the 1964 election. He develops an informal yet forceful tone in order to convey his message in a way that is understandable for the audience…

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    Many today consider Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. to be revolutionary men. Though these two men had similar goals for changes in the African American communities, they are perceived differently. Though Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. were well-known Civil Rights Activists, they were significantly different men with the common goal of aiding their fellow members of the African-American community. Malcolm X and MLK had similar religious upbringing because their fathers taught in…

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    Getting an x-ray is serious business and should only be done when it is completely necessary. There are a few different situations within a chiropractic setting where getting an x-ray is necessary. #1 Elderly Patients When patients are elderly, most chiropractors will insist on x-rays as part of their initial evaluation of a patient. When treating elderly patients, there is an increased risk that the patient has suffered trauma to their back over the course of their life. There is also an…

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    Motivation for Self-Education The essays “Coming to the Awareness of Language” by Malcolm X and “The Library Card” by Richard Wright are about how two men tried to educate themselves by reading books. Malcolm X was a man in the 1940-1950 who spent his time in jail rewriting the pages of the dictionary to better himself as both a reader and writer. He wanted to better his education and be able to write letters to Elijah Muhammad without sounding uneducated. He was reading about African American…

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    Malcolm X and Martin Luther King both wrote powerful, motivating speeches to their people to endeavor a segregation movement. These speeches were given during the same time period: “I have a Dream” in 1963 and “Letter from Mecca” in 1964. Malcolm X in his devoted speech he talks about his experience in Mecca, which he saw many positive things. Martin Luther King's speeches empowered people lives because in his speech he called for an end to racism in the United States. Mr. King and Malcolm had…

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    • What other pertinent medical information would you want to ask Edith? I would like to find out more about when Edith was diagnosed with hypertension and high cholesterol, what medications or vitamins she takes, if she has a past surgical history and what her diet consists of (due to the fact that she presents with a 20lb weight loss). In addition, due to the daughter’s report of her mother’s worsening depression and worsening memory loss, I would be interested to know how involved her daughter…

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    Cat scans and x-rays use radiation but MRI do not use radiation. With the mris there are certain things and waves that help it work and show you whats wrong. They can help save your life my life anyone's life. Water is what we are mostly what we are made up of. We have…

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    said by Malcolm X. Malcolm X is a very well known human rights activist. When he was born, his name was Malcolm Little, but then changed it because “He considered ‘Little’ a slave name and chose the ‘X’ to signify his lost tribal name.” (malcolmX.com). Malcolm X should go down in history as being just as well known as Martin Luther King. Throughout this paper, everyone should learn more about his life, his contributions and his impact, and there will be a comparison between Malcolm X and Martin…

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    the ability to define who we are. They are a representation of the choices that we have made and the personalities we have developed. Whether it is a nickname or a given name, it holds a power that nothing else does. In The Autobiography of Malcolm X, Malcolm shares many of the names that he has had during his lifetime. These names reflect who and what he was at that time in his life. The gradual change that occurs in Malcolm is represented by the different name that he bares. Malcolm begins…

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