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Arshpreet Raggi Period: 1 2/11/13
Introduction- I going to write about Martin Luther King JR., Mahatma Gandhi, and My coach Mr.
Ambriz and how they made a difference in the world. How all three of these people made a difference in the community?
P2: Martin Luther king JR. made a difference in our world by bringing peace and freedom to our world and nation he is honored by his achievement he had a dream that one day the nation will be free and ready to live again. The people honored his decision on how to bring peace into the world he wanted to keep the blacks and whites together so there would be no difference in human beings. He was very outraged with the decision of keeping the whites on one place of the bus and the blacks on the other side of the bus. He was born on 15 January 1929 he made a difference in the world by helping people become free his mentor helped him succeed. He was nicknamed Michael King he got that name by his ancestors they named him that. Martin Luther was a very big man he has many people on his side he was never scared to give up his dream of one day helping his nation and helping people get free. He believed in non-violence protest he went to booker T Washington high school he was part of the Communist party he was a leader he is acknowledged by his achievements and his I Have a dream speech. He will always be known as Martin Luther King JR.
P3: Mohandas mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869. He became a leader of India's independence movement, organizing boycotts against British institutions in peaceful forms of civil disobedience. He was given the holy name Mahatmas and oversaw a diverse ashram. He was killed by a fanatic in 1948. He was against disobedience and didn’t want anybody to tell him what to do he fasted for hours until they agreed

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