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    Luther King, Jr. His speech presented in 1963, “I Have a Dream”, sparked a new wave of social change. This essay will summarize the King Biography, and then analyze and react to Martin Luther King, Jr.’s speech “I Have a Dream.” On January 15, 1929 in rural Atlanta, Georgia, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born to Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. King was the middle child of three, an older sister named Willie Christine, and a younger brother named Alfred Daniel Williams King.…

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    innocent civilians and what not, it taught the society and the government something very sentimental that may have influenced the war as a whole. It changed the viewpoints of the society in many ways in which it illustrated how unnecessary it was. Coretta Scott King, wife of the iconic figure…

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    courageous leader than live silenced in fear. This man was Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King’s philosophies and political actions left a great influence on Americans and people throughout the world for many centuries to come. King’s legacy will live on forever in the hearts and minds of those who believe in his dream and philosophies for the entire world. Dr. King was an extremely intelligible man even in his early years of life. King was admitted to Morehouse College at just fifteen years…

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    do you think about when you hear the name Martin Luther King Jr.? Martin Luther King Jr. was always strong. He had strengths and had perseverance. If Dr. King did not follow these traits, we would not be equal right now. Martin Luther King Jr. had to use his character traits to make his speeches. Dr.King helped us to be nice to each other and to treat each other equal. Dr.King made different speeches for different things. Martin Luther King Jr. Was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1929. Born in…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. During the 1950s there was civil unrest about rights for African Americans. They were tired of not being able to have the same rights as whites. They wanted change but they needed the guidance of someone who could show them a way to achieve their goal. What path should they take and how to avoid the violence that was happening. There was a man who tried to right the wrongs of society. He was not a rich man nor was he a man of great political power he was simply a Baptist…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister and a civil rights activist. He had a wife named Coretta Scott. They had four kids together. When Martin Luther King Jr. was younger he tried to commit suicide. He tried to commit suicide because he was upset when he found out that his grandmother had passed away. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated in April, 1969. In his life he earned a Nobel Peace Prize among many other honors. He was born and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. He is still…

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    Martin Luther King Jr. was an American Baptist minister and a leader of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. He delivered his famous “I have a Dream” speech, at the Lincoln Memorial on 28 August 1963 in order to call for an end of racism in the United States. In his speech Martin Luther King Jr. attempted to convince the majority white United States government to give African Americans equal rights through the use of biblical and historical allusions, alliterations, and imagery. King…

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    Martin Luther King Jr and President John Fitzgerald Kennedy to write about. In the present day, these gentlemen are the two most well-known, influential, and world changing activists. Their actions helped make the present world a very different place to live. They help free the lives and minds of millions. Let’s start With Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. King was born on January 15 1929 as Michael King in Atlanta, Georgia to his father Martin Luther King Sr. and mother Alberta Williams King. He…

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    daring and humble. A prime example of a hero is Martin Luther King Jr. because he helped achieve equal rights for all races. Martin Luther King Jr.’s life was similar to that of an average African American in the mid 1900s. Martin was born to a middle class family in Atlanta on January 15, 1929. He went to Morehouse College at age 15, and earned a B.A. in sociology by the time he was 19 years old. When he was 25, he married Coretta Scott and became a pastor at the Montgomery Church. In 1955,…

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    As Dr. Martin King Jr. said in his speech “...With this faith we will be able to transform the jangling discords of our nation into a beautiful symphony of brotherhood. With this faith we will be able to work together, to pray together, to struggle together, to go to jail together, to stand up for freedom together, knowing that we will be free one day.” In the 1900s people of color were discriminated against. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a great leader who changed the world and its beliefs.…

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