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    In 1929 Martin Luther King Jr. was born in Atlanta on January 15 (Biography). Martin entered Morehouse college at the age of 15 and was ordained a minister at the age of 18 while in Boston he met Coretta Scott. In 1953 Coretta Scott and Martin got married in 1954 Martin studied the work of Mahatma Gandhi and in 1955 the supreme declared bus segregation illegal. In 1960 JFK was up for election and segregation was officially ended in interstate trial and in 1964 Martin was the youngest person to…

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    delineates that Gupton had owned a locksmith-alarm business. However, in 1989, the business started to go downward due to financial problems, so Village Key decided to buy the business from Gupton. They took over the bills and accounts and signed a promissory note. Gupton decided to work for Village Key and had signed a non-compete agreement. This non-compete agreement included that Gupton cannot engage in competition with the employer within the territory for a period of five years after his…

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    the Negro is still not free.” Evidently, if black people were not entitled to their rights, then they weren’t free. He also states how the nation has gone back on its word in the promissory note: the Constitution and Declaration of Independence. “It is obvious today that America has defaulted on this promissory note insofar as her citizens of color are concerned.” Since people’s skin color is involved with rights, America has evaded the meaning of both the documents that grant men the rights.…

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    “When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir.” He indicates that the intelligent people who knew about law gave everyone equal rights in this country. Martin Luther King sees the his people rebelling as the key to their bright day of freedom.“The…

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    Race is a social construct. There is no one gene that makes an individual African American, no one physical trait that classifies an individual as Asian, and no one cultural attribute that can define an individual as Caucasian. However, race is not solely a social construct. It is an attribute that grants certain individuals the privilege of looking through rose colored glasses, while disallowing others to be given glasses at all. These glasses cause the very basis of discrimination and…

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    On August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial, Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech that went, “down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation.” King’s optimism and use of emotional appeal, metaphor, and repetition launched the civil rights movement towards success. Throughout the speech, King used metaphors and figurative language not only to explain ideas in a relevant way, but also to create pathos, or an emotional response, in the…

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    On August 28, 1963 one of the most important speeches in United States history was given on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was given by one of the most influential Civil Rights Activists in American history, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The speech was given during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom where he called to end racism and give blacks and other minorities civil and economic rights. Throughout the speech Dr. King used numerous ways to get his argument…

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    by Caroline McAfee. Harman signed a promissory note that specified the company would repay the amount of the loan with interest in installments in which the installments would begin in 1999 and end in 2006. Harman signed a personal guaranty with the promissory note. Carter Oaks Crossing eventually defaulted on the note causing McAfee to sue Harman for payment under the guaranty. Harman had filed Chapter 7 bankruptcy after 1999 but before defaulting on the note and thus moved for summary judgment…

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    In business law, companies are seen as legal persons that are independent of their director and shareholders. However, on rare occasions, the law would look behind the company and treat it as the same person as those controlling it. Therefore, the separate legal entity of a company is an impactful principle of law since the property of a company would belong to it rather than the shareholders, management, or the directors. As such, the future owners and liquidators would have a vested interest…

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    M.L.K use of Logos and Pathos in his Writings Martin Luther King Jr. is remembered for many things. He is a world renowned civil rights activist whose words affected the hearts of many. His marches united people race demanding the rights for all Americans in a peaceful, yet effective manner. His speeches drew crowds of thousands of people, whose lives were affected by his words. But how was Dr. King able to do so much with just words? Simple, it wasn’t just the words, but the language he used…

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