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Martin Luther King, Jr Laura Morris English Martin Luther King, Jr gave one of the most historical speeches of the 20th Century at the location of Lincoln Memorial, Washington D.C. It was the first time a black man had ever had so many people watching and listening, with his audience either stunned or exhilarated at the reality being spoken. It was probably one of the most memorable speeches of that time, and more importantly it lead to a change in segregation laws affecting millions of black people. There are many reasons why this was such a powerful speech. Martin Luther King used simple language, which conveyed a meaningful message without patronising the audience. Popular references were also used, such as Adam and Eve, and stating we are all equal. He used humour as well, which was straightforward and understood by all. The speech was in a simple format because many black men and women had not been educated as well as white men and women, if at all. Martin Luther King used simple metaphors to ensure that his message was received and understood. The imagery he used emphasised the true meaning of life, equal rights and freedom. Martin Luther King states, "America has given the Negro people a bad cheque which has come back marked 'insufficient funds.' But we refuse to believe that the bank of justice is bankrupt. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient
Martin Luther King.
Extended Writing. Martin Luther King. Martin Luther King jnr was born on the 15th January 1929. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin lived with his mother, father, Martin Luther King senior and his brothers and sisters. They all lived in a nice family home and their lived were perfect apart from one major detail. The problem was that they lived in an area where most of the citizens were white and in this area the white's thought the blacks were not as good as them. The city of Atlanta was at the southern part of the United States. Martin first found out about how hard life was for black citizens at the tender age of six years. He was forced to break the friendship he has built with two of his best friends because they all had to attend different schools. This was all down to the fact that Martin had brown skin and his friends had white. Martin was being discriminated against. Once Martin and his father walked in a shoe shop and sat down on the first row of chairs. The shop assistant told them that she could not serve them because they were black people sitting in the seats of black people. She also said that if Martin and his father were to move into the back seats she would be happy to help. Martins father did not understand any of this and would not co-operate because he thought she was in the wrong. In the end both father and son walked out of the shop. On
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MARTIN LUTHER KING A timeline of Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. from birth until 1962. The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15,1929 (9). Martin Luther King Jr. began nursery school at the very young age of three years old in 1932 (5). After attending elementary school for one year Martin Luther King got expelled from school after his second grade teacher found out that he was only five years old which was a year too young to be in second grade in 1934 (5). The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. began attending high school at the thirteen in 1942 (5). Both the father and grandfather of Martin Luther King were pastors of the same church in Atlanta his grandfather served as pastor from 1914 to 1931 , his father served as the pastor between the years of 1931 and 1960 (7). Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. gave his first public sermon in 1947 at the church called The Ebenezer Baptist Church which his father was the pastor of it and before that his grandfather was the pastor of it (8).Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. graduated from Morehouse College in 1948 where he earned his Bachelor degree (4). Martin Luther King later attended Crozer Theological Seminary in 1951 and then a few years later at Boston University in 1955 he later earned his Doctor of Philosophy (4). The Reverend Doctor Martin Luther King Jr. got married on June
Martin Luther King.
Martin Luther King Martin Luther King had great expectations for our nation. He was a famous minister and civil rights leader who persuaded many to feel the way he did. He wanted everyone to be equal and have the same opportunities. He believed everyone should have freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and freedom of assembly and requested - even demanded - these rights for every race, color and creed. Most leaders direct their attention toward their own group, but Martin Luther King wanted freedom and fairness for all. That is why his heroism and independence had an impact on the entire world. His words of wisdom and reality opened many eyes and shaped the nation. Many were moved by his power and touched by the fact that he understood them. Martin Luther King was different because he did something about the loathing, violence and racism. He stood up for what he believed in, which took courage and time. He was assassinated, but he fought for justice to the end. Because of Martin Luther King, people today are not separated by iron gates and stone walls, but work together in hopes of making a better tomorrow. We are free to join hands with people of not only all races, but of all religious beliefs and nationalities. We have the opportunity to grow up in a society where there is an understanding of other religions and races. Martin Luther King stood up for what he believed
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1th February 2003 H/w Martin Luther King was born on January 15th 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the eldest son of Martin Luther King Sr, a Baptist minister, and Alberta Williams King. His father served as pastor of a large Atlanta church called Ebenezer Baptist, which was founded by Martin Luther King Jr's maternal grandfather. King Jr. was ordained as a Baptist minister at the age of 18. Martin Luther King attended local segregated public schools, where he excelled. He entered nearby Morehouse College at age 15 and graduated with a bachelor's degree in sociology in 1948. After graduating with honors from Crozer Theological Seminary in Pennsylvania in 1951, he went to Boston University, where he earned a doctoral degree in systematic theology in 1955. King had obvious public-speaking abilities-which became renowned as his stature grew in the Civil Rights Movement-developed slowly during his collegiate years. He won a second-place prize in a speech contest as an undergraduate at Morehouse, but received Cs in two public-speaking courses in his first year at Crozer. By the end of his third year at Crozer, however, professors were praising him for the powerful impression he made in public speeches and discussions. Throughout his education, Martin Luther King was exposed to
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The leader I most admire is the historic, Martin Luther King. He has showed great determination to what he passionately believed, he was one of the most dominant leaders during the American civil rights movement, and he achieved his "Dream", with non-violent resistance towards racial domination. Martin Luther King, was inspired by the works of the man who brought independence to India, his name was Mohandas K. Gandhi, in 1955 Martin Luther King and other black leaders had organized a protest against racial segregation, in public transport after Rosa Parks was arrested as she refused to give up her seat to a Caucasian passenger. During the 381-day protest, Martin was arrested and jailed, his home was attacked as well as receiving many threats against his life. However in 1956, the action ended with a mandate from the Supreme Court outlawing all segregated public transport in the city. The protest was a clear victory for the non-violent demonstration, Martin then became a highly respected "leader". He seems to have shown ambitions goals to other people of all ages to declare that all people can succeed in many different ways, including social, economic and environmental goals. He aspires again from people he looked upon, this gives the chance for him to shine for our generation therefore we will hopefully aspire to become a man of his wishes. In 1963 he led a massive civil
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Martin Luther King, Jr. (January 15, 1929 - April 4, 1968) was an American political activist, the most famous leader of the American civil rights movement, and a Baptist minister. Considered a peacemaker throughout the world for his promotion of nonviolence and equality treatment for different races, he received the Nobel Peace Prize before he was assassinated in 1968. He was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Jimmy Carter in 1977, the Congressional Gold Medal in 2004, and in 1986, Martin Luther King Day was established in his honor. King's most influential and well-known speech is "I Have A Dream." King was born in Atlanta, Georgia (on 105 Auburn Avenue) to the Rev. Martin Luther King, Sr. and Alberta Williams King. (Birth records for Martin Luther King, Jr. list his name as Michael.) After high school he attended Morehouse College, where he was mentored by the school's president, civil rights leader Benjamin Mays; he graduated in 1948 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in sociology. Later he graduated as valedictorian from Crozer Theological Seminary in Chester, Pennsylvania with a Bachelor of Divinity degree in 1951. In 1955, he received a Ph.D. in Systematic theology from Boston University. King married Coretta Scott on June 18, 1953. King's father performed the wedding ceremony in Scott's parents' house in Marion, Alabama. King
Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on January 15, 1929 in Atlanta Georgia. His father was the minister of the Ebenezer Baptist Church, as was his father before him. "M.L.," as he was called, lived with his parents, his sister and brother in Atlanta. Their home was not far from the church his father preached at. M.L.'s mother and father taught their children what would become an important part of M.L.'s life - to treat all people with respect. Martin's father worked hard to break down the barriers between the races. His father believed African-Americans should register their complaints by voting. As M.L. grew up he found that not everyone followed his parents principles. He noticed that "black" people and white people where treated differently. He saw that he and his white friends could not drink from the same water fountains and could not use the same restrooms. M.L.'s best friend as a child was a white boy and as children they played happily together. But when they reached school age the friends found that even though they lived in the same neighbourhood, they could not go to the same school. M.L.'s friend would go to a school for white children only and M.L. was sent to a school for "black" children. After the first day of school M.L. and his friend were never allowed to play together again. When M.L. was ready for college he decided to follow his
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More than 40 years ago, in August 1963, Martin Luther King electrified America with his momentous 'I Have A Dream' speech, dramatically delivered from the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. He was a man with a strong personality and determination. His soaring rhetoric demanding racial justice and an integrated society became a mantra for the black community and is as familiar to subsequent generations of Americans as the US Declaration of Independence. His words proved to be a touchstone for understanding the social and political upheaval of the time and gave the nation a vocabulary to express what was happening. The key message in the speech is that all people are created equal and, although not the case in America at the time, King felt it must be the case for the future. He argued passionately and powerfully. The most famous paragraph carries the theme "I have a dream" and the phrase is repeated constantly to hammer home King's inspirational concepts. While the address has a very strong message for white people and hints at revolution, King's words are mostly about peace, offering a vision everyone could buy into. At the end of the speech he brings in a unifying passage themed around freedom: . Religion, as he was a Baptist and at the heart of the crisis and used his religious platform to highlight prejudice to both black and whites He was involved with campaigning such
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MARTIN LUTHER KING * Black Americans played an important role in 1950's and 1960's in the civil rights movement. One leader encouraged above all the others was Martin Luther King. * He was a Baptist minister and was the leader of the civil rights movement. * He was a mesmerizing speaker whose speech 'I have a dream' is now one of the most famous speeches of the 20th century. He did this in 1963 on the March of Washington. There, he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. "I HAVE A DREAM THAT ONE DAY THIS NATION WILL RISE UP AND LIVE OUT THE TRUE MEANING OF ITS CREED: 'WE HOLD THESE TRUTHS TO BE SELF-EVIDENT, THAT ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL.'" "I HAVE A DREAM THAT MY FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN WILL ONE DAY LIVE IN A NATION WHERE THEY WILL NOT BE JUDGED BY THE COLOR OF THEIR SKIN, BUT BY THE CONTENT OF THEIR CHARACTER." * He believed passionately in non-violent protest and favored actions such as the bus boycott and the sit in. * The first sit in took place in Woolworths lunch counter in Greensboro, Alabama and 85 black and white students were involved. They were no-violent and protested against segregation. They got a lot of media attention. * In December 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize and was never afraid to face confrontation and was subject to
