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    ‘‘If you can’t fly then run, if you can’t run then walk, if you can’t walk then crawl, but whatever you do you have to keep moving forward”. These are the words of a true legend named Martin Luther King Jr. His civil rights activities changed the world. Martin Luther King did very big changes. According to “ your dictionary” he brought publicity to major civil rights activities and efforts. Martin Luther King emphasized and encouraged the importance of non-violent protest and resistance. He…

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    “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear” - Martin Luther King Jr. People today remember Martin Luther King Jr as a man who helped African Americans gain civil and economic equality. To me King was important because he never gave up, he was arrested 29 times, imprisoned for 11 days and even stabbed. King went through all of this and never feared what could happen to him nor he gave up, he gave his life just so others could have an easier life. In my school and me…

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    Cesar Chavez's Speech

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    Martin Luther King, Jr. once said that “Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” In Cesar Chavez’s speech, he had the daunting task of simultaneously writing a eulogy in remembrance and love of Dr. King’s immensely influential life, and the job of delivering their shared message of promoting nonviolent action to oppose discrimination. Both Dr. King and Chavez had spent their lives fighting racial inequality, and both brought about major changes for Americans (and the world) due to…

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    Mlk Day Persuasive Speech

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    In “The meaning of King Holiday” Dr. King’s wife, says that MLK day should be a day of service. “What she means by that is how can others others serve after graduating and entering the “adult” world?” Well like MLK he didn't know what to do with his life after graduating and yet after his lifetime all races have equal rights. I am not saying everyone within their lifetime will make that huge of a change in the world. Even doing the little stuff will help change the world in some sort of way. If…

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    In “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Martin Luther King Jr. claims that time is a neutral force that can be used as a tool to induce change when and only if righteous men and women take action. King is taking this stance in response to claims by the local clergymen of Birmingham that King’s civil right actions are untimely. King argues that these actions must be taken because other non-active actions have been exhausted. King believes that when proactive action is not taken the oppressor benefits…

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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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    of style started. This architecture started in ancient Greece and is still used today. Today, our modern world uses many innovations from the ancient Eastern hemisphere that influence our lives today, such as architecture, transportation and the calendar. To start off, columns were used to decorate many important buildings in ancient Greece. We still use them today on important buildings too. The Greeks invented many kinds of columns like doric,…

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    wondered why buildings look the way they do today? Most of them were modeled after the architecture of ancient Greece. Also, several inventions from the ancient eastern hemisphere, we still use today, such as architecture, transportation, and the calendar. Many things from ancient Eastern Hemisphere influence our lives today. To start off, multifarious Greek architecture influenced buildings today. For example, countless buildings in our country’s capital , Washington D.C , have Greek…

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    Mayan Calendar Dbq

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    The majority of us have always wondered how this time we often talk about became what it is now. Different cultures created calendars to reflect time within their cultures. Whether it is Egyptian, Gregorian or Mayan, they are all similar in the same way that these all made time according to their culture. They all contributed an idea of what our calendar is now. These cultures helped to improve by adding the significant symbol in which they believed in, and what the cultures thought were…

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    The Mayan Calendar Essay

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    with that we will be remembering events, always being on time, never having to miss someone’s birthday, because it all comes to the useful, convenient calendar that has been introduced to the world, millions of years ago and still utilized now Numerous people today don’t focus when and how calendars were first created. The evolution of the calendar has changed since the B.C times. Ancient civilizations determined the measurements of time with their own cultural beliefs that have developed a…

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