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A Timeless Cruelty “People speak sometimes about the bestial cruelty of man, but that is terribly unjust and offensive to beasts, no animal could ever be so cruel as a man, so artfully, so artistically cruel.” Claims Russian novelist, Fyodor Dostoyevsky. On April 16, 1963, a letter was written to the clergy to alert them of what great injustices were taking place in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Letter from a Birmingham Jail is a letter that illustrates oppression being a…

The Life and Achievements of Maya Angelou Maya Angelou became and died a phenomenal author because of her esoteric depictions of life through the themes of race and her distaste for the social class system. Angelou was born on April 4th, 1928 in St. Louis as Marguerite Annie Johnson (Williamson). Following her parents’ divorce, Angelou and her brother Bailey were sent to live with their deeply religious grandmother Annie Johnson. Bailey gave Marguerite the nickname Maya at a young age. During…

Maya Angelou A bird takes off from a nest and flies through the sky, eventually landing on a telephone wire. From there she sits all day, but does not sing. She does not sing because she is hurt, she is in pain, but through courage and rehabilitation she learns to sing the most beautiful song. This describes the story of Maya Angelou. As a child Maya was abused and lost her confidence to speak or sing(in reference to the bird analogy) But over the many years of her life, she used her…

must have a definite goal to achieve. The rioters and Snowden would do well to take notes from the original civil rights movement in the 1960s, mainly the successful marches lead by Martin Luther King Jr, and the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference). These were effective due to the fact that they held to principle and consistently maintained their poise. They accepted violence upon themselves while delivering none, they marched humbly as they were hosed down and beaten and attacked.…

Analysis of “I have a Dream” Martin Luther King, JR. was born in late 1900s in Atlanta, Georgia. He grew up in a Christian family, where most of his family members were preacher. His family’s values had shaped King, JR. to be a strong-optimistic Negro with love toward others. (King, 1998). National Archive (n.d.) reports that King JR. took his action to push government to open their eyes to see the racism that created gap amongst people by speaking his speech that known as “I have a Dream” on…

influencing leaders such as Martin Luther King Junior (Haskins 77). Rustin, while a less well-known figure compared to King, was the one who advised King about using nonviolence and influenced King’s actions regarding the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Haskins 100). King, inspired by the marches in Rustin’s community as well as his ideology, asked Rustin to lead the organization of the March on Washington, where King delivered his famed “I Have a Dream” speech. Rustin made an…

When one man can move so many people to do good things in this world, you know that he is doing something really right. That's why Martin Luther King, Jr. quotes are so important to read and take to heart. They give you insight into what he believed, how he lived his life, and what made him such an amazing man that so many people in the world listened to - and still listen to. Martin Luther King, Jr. never gave up on living a life of strong morals and fighting for justice. Between the years of…

San Franciscans' were feeling pretty good about things in 1946. The war was over and its citizens continued to bask in the afterglow of V-J Day that heralded the beginning of a new era. Life was getting both sweeter and softer for the urbanites. Personal income was rising and new homes were selling faster than they could be built. The inhabitants of The City By The Bay enjoyed widespread full-time employment. The boom was on in new cars and, of course, babies. La Dolce Vita—the good life—that…

“Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere” (King 113). Martin Luther King Jr. seeks to convince his fellow clergymen in “Letter from Birmingham Jail” that using a nonviolent campaign to end the injustice of segregation is politically, economically, sociologically correct, as well as morally right (117). He does this through a series of appeals. Some of his most effective and inspiring appeals are the logical appeals. He uses logic to convince the clergymen on a moral level that while…

of taking on nonviolent actions to deal with racism an inequality towards African Americans. Martin Luther King Jr. uses ethos to create credibility. King says, “I have the honor of serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, an organization operating on every southern state, with headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia” (150). King introduces himself…