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    As Americans, we live in a world that is controlled by powerful people. As our history evolved, our historical leaders fell into the categories of an introvert or extrovert. We live in a world where we are taught to follow extroverts however introverts are the backbone of society. Although extroverts led the marches, the introverts were close behind dominating in silence. Introverts are usually the individuals that gain their energy by being alone compared to extraverts who gain their energy…

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    The I Have A Dream Speech

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    Martin Luther King was born in Jan 1929 in Atlanta Georgia at that time that he was kid African American people were treated differently than the white people. When he turned 15 he had graduated from a segregated school. His father and grandfather were ministers. In 1953 he had met and then married Coretta Scott and had 4 children. After the incident with rosa park king stepped he was done with segregation. I Have A Dream Speech Martin Luther King had a famous…

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    the term “black” was used to identify the African American community. These were the years when the Montgomery Bus Boycott was sparked by a few single events. In fact, four key people impacted the beginning of this historic time of racial segregation. Two of those were, Joann Robinson and E. D. Nixon. Rosa Parks and Claudette Colvin which help cause the official start of the Montgomery Bus Boycott. After Claudette Colvin was arrested for not giving up her seat on one of the Montgomery busses,…

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    The Civil Rights Movement was a movement to protect equal opportunities and rights for African Americans as a U.S citizen. The movement created impacts that have affected the U.S for a lifetime; such as the people that died and the laws created. At some points, members of the movement faced violence and even deaths. There were deaths of young children; such as Emmett Till. . Emmett Till was a 14 year old boy who was tortured and killed because of the accusation of “whistling” at the white…

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    determined if they would be promoted or not. To begin with, Rosa Parks was an African American lady who stood up for what she believed in, and chose to sit where she wanted to on the bus. She refused to give up her seat to a white person on the bus and was arrested. This led to a 381 day boycott of the Montgomery bus station, which resulted…

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    treatments and suffrage. In order to achieve these goals there were many strategies like Montgomery bus boycott, March on Washington, Freedom Summer etc. Civil Right movement started with Civil Disobedience where people refuse to accept certain laws like paying taxes and were fighting back without any violence. Later on, When Rosa Park of Montgomery, Alabama, refused to give her seat to a white bus rider got arrested for defying a southern custom that…

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    Kennedy worked hard by issuing executive orders demanding to ban discrimination in federal housing and hiring. On June 11,1963, Kennedy gave a speech that was nationally televised, In the speech he addressed the issues of racial discrimination in schools and universities. He discussed this topic because of an earlier issue that day including two young African American adults named Vivian Malone and Jones Hood who applied to enroll in the all white University of Alabama. The federal court ruled…

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    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 a big role in. The Civil Rights Movement was a time when African Americans needed to fight for the same rights as everyone else because…

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    MLK Rhetorical Analysis The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s was a transformative event that changed the course of American history forever. Having long been denied their god given rights, African Americans had claimed victory in their long and tumultuous crusade for equality. However, some still vehemently opposed the movement. Dr. Martin Luther King, the face of black America, took on critics of his methods in his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”. Exposing the hypocrisy of the eight…

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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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