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    As we all grew up learning Mr. Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most influential people in American history. He paved the way for not only African Americans but everyday people all over the US. Martin Luther King Jr. was just an everyday man who wanted everyone to be treated equal no matter their race, color, or beliefs. He thought that neither man nor woman should be judged by the color of their skin but the quality of their character and what they had to offer to society. If it wasn’t for…

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    1:1--- After considering the four roles of the artist that author Henry Sayre notes; I believe that the most important role for Andy Warhol 1963 is to make a visual record of the people, places and events or their time and place. I believe that Warhol was making a records of a specific time in the events of May 1963 Birmingham, Alabama when the police employee dog to attacks and fires hoses against the demonstrators led by martin Luther King Jr. I believe he used the red, white and blue colors…

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    MUJEEB-UR-REHMAN’S SIX POINTS INTRODUCTION: Sheikh Mujib-ur-Rehman was the start dad of Bangladesh. During the idea of Ayub Khan and Yahya Khan, he performed many in Pakistan state guidelines as a well-known head of the Awami Team in Southern Pakistan. He offered a Six-Point program on 5 Feb 1966, together with his celebration and required the Pakistan government to accept them and to make use of them the way they were. The primary government of Pakistan was showing detest for the…

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    In Martin Luther King’s “A Letter From Birmingham Jail” King addresses the criticism received from clergymen,onlookers and supporters alike. In which he states “Freedom isn’t simply given by the oppressor, it must be demanded from the oppressed.” During the 1960s in America (Civil Rights Era), King shun brightly believing that America’s racist agenda could be dismantled through unity,non-violence, along with the effective use of our rights.In this letter, King respectively addresses his…

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    The autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings works by singer, poet, writer, and actress Maya Angelou, it is one of the most widely read and taught book by an African American woman. The title of the book comes from Paul Laurence Dunbar's poem, "Sympathy." The connection of the poem with the novel is where a little persistence bird (Marguerite) struggles against the bars of the cage life barriers , but she gets up, she rises and pushes forward. Although I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings covers…

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    When thinking about influential speakers in history, there are a few that stick out to almost everyone, including Abraham Lincoln, Winston Churchill, and John F. Kennedy. Though these were influential when speaking, Martin Luther King Jr. brought to life the very words he spoke. Through many trials, Dr. King always spoke words of encouragement and peace to the people listening. No matter how bad conditions were, Dr. King spoke with truthfulness and confidence no matter the circumstance, and this…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. died trying to stop racism, so today we shall finish what he has begun and put an end to racism. Martin Luther King Jr. went to the Birmingham Jail after a peaceful protest while there he wrote a letter one quote from this letter is “ We have waited for more than three-hundred and forty years for our God-given and Constitutional rights.” As Reverend Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. showed us in his life's work to end racism, we can act to bring people of all races together as we…

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    Great Speech Analysis “Let us rise up tonight with a greater readiness. Let us stand with a greater determination. And let us move on in these powerful days, these days of challenge to make America what it ought to be. We have an opportunity to make America a better nation. And I want to thank God, once more, for allowing me to be here with you” (I’ve Been to the Mountaintop). Many are not familiar with this speech. It was given April 3rd, 1968 in the Mason Temple in Memphis, Tennessee. Being…

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    The setting of this epic occurs between the past and the future where a hero from the past is sent by the Gods in order to complete a mission for a well-known figure in the future. The setting for this epic begins in 399 B.C.E in Athens, Greece, where Socrates, a man who considers himself a gadfly, is being accused of corrupting the youth, of inventing new deities, and of not recognizing the Gods. The second setting occurs in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963 with a man named Martin Luther King Jr who…

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    On April 4th, 1928, a girl, who later becomes an inspiring author and woman of the performing arts, was born. Her name was Maya Angelou. Throughout her life, Maya faced racial discrimination and the effects of the Great Depression. However, this never stopped her from expressing herself through her writing. Maya lived with her parents for 3 years at Long Beach, California before being sent her brother, Bailey, who was 4 at that time, to live with their father’s mother in Stamps, Arkansas. Their…

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