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influential speeches for their own benefits however, there have been speeches that molded history because of the persuasion, presentation and purpose. Many historical figures have used persuasion in their messages to influence people’s opinions. In Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have a Dream” speech he reverts to the constitution of the United States many times. He states, ‘I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out…

disobedience. I chose to do my paper on Martin Luther King Jr. He was a great man who did great things. I thought I would do my essay on him for these reasons. Martin Luther King Jr was an American Baptist minister and activist who was a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. He grew up in Atlanta GA, and was born January 15th, 1929. He had 4 children with Coretta Scott King. He was the 1st President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Martin Luther King had many powerful speeches,…

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…

this period with regard to impactful events such as countless wars and the rise and fall of political leaders, revolutionaries, and activists. Among the activists of the time, three of the most prominent were Mahatma Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, and Martin Luther King Jr. Today, these men are revered not solely based on their ability to successfully lead their people to justice and equality, but by the way in which they chose to do so. They all realized that total war could not settle conflicts and…

In Crito, a dialogue written by Plato, the Greek philosopher Socrates is sentenced to death because of corrupting the youth, creating new gods, and being an atheist. Centuries later, another prominent figure, Martin Luther King, Jr., is jailed for civil disobedience in Birmingham, Alabama in 1963. When questioned of their imprisonment, Plato and King, Jr. are both determined to maintain justice despite the injustices charged against them, but for Plato, justice means upholding the law at all…

On the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave his most iconic speech in the history of Black American Civil Rights. On August 28th, 1963 King led the March on Washington. With over hundred thousands of people King started off by reiterating the Gettysburg Address. Then leading into his dream about America and the place he would want to raise his kids in. The Civil Rights Movement was a large part of King’s life, and ultimately leading the face of the…

Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X have different ideas when it came to how African Americans should seek their rights and how to respond to not being given their rights. Martin Luther King Jr. advocated for working within the American system and breaking “Unjust Laws” through peaceful means in what he believed was an inevitable change whereas Malcolm X advocated attaining what he called “Human Rights” outside the American system and for focusing on the development of the African American…

equality Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia and his death was on April 5, 1968, in Memphis Tennessee. He was a Baptist minister and social activist who seeked freedom and equality for everyone including African Americans. To help him fulfil these goals he and many others held peaceful protests, which led to many other events such as, The Montgomery Bus Boycott and the March on Washington. These events were a part of the Civil Rights Movement which Martin played…

Everyone has a dream that wishes for to happen. Martin Luther King’s speech is important because it bought a greater attention to the civil rights and helped African Americans to be treated equally. It helped a lot of people to be treated the way it should. For example, African Americans people weren't treated right because of their skin color. Consequently, these people were judged by their skin color brown and for not being white. In effect, they were put to be slaves just for that…

Martin Luther King Jr The Civil Rights Leader March 5, 2018 By: Alexander Kahli Martins Luther King Jr was one of the famous civil rights leader in U.S history. Some people remember him by the speeches he gave.He used a nonviolent method in his struggle for equal rights for all. I think he was one of the famous blacks in life, to start the equal rights for all. Without him I do not think the blacks will have the same rights, they have now. Martin luther King Jr was born on January 15,…