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    Martin Luther King Jr. According to Martin Luther King Jr‚ “Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase”. Martin Luther King Jr. is a very inspirational man who changed the world because of one speech! Martin Luther King Jr. is my role model. He has a lot of courage and leadership to do what he has done! Martin Luther King Jr. was born on January 15‚ 1929‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. He has one brother and one sister.Growing up in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ Martin Luther King Jr. entered

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    Introduction         Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was one of the most inspiring people of all time. He was an activist‚ who was fighting against racial discrimination and for the blacks’ rights in the 1950s. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. was the son of Martin Luther King‚ Sr.‚ who was a great activist and leader in the early stages of the civil rights movement. He also had a huge impact on his son. Martin Jr. witnessed a lot of racial discrimination against blacks during his early life. Living in a society

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    Martin luther king jr. Martin luther king jr. was a very good man. He fought to end segregation. He didn’t fight with violence but with word. He made several speeches. One of his most known speech is I had a dream. He was pretty cool. He was born January 19‚ 1929. He died april 4‚ 1968 by getting shot. He had a dream that whites and blacks would one day become friends and they will not be racists. he was born named michale king‚ but his father changed his name in honor of a germen reformer. he

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    Martin Luther King Jr. wins Nobel Peace Prize The life of Martin Luther King Jr. was a huge benefit to the civil right movement‚ and helped to change the lives of thousands of people by fighting for equal rights. The definition of civil rights according to Webster’s dictionary is “the rights of personal liberty guaranteed to U.S. citizens by the 13th and 14th amendments to the Constitution and by acts of Congress”. One of the awards that king received for his actions in the Civil Rights movement

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    Schoolchildren across the western world grow up learning about the great pacifist‚ his life‚ and the difficulties he faced. They are taught that he was arguably the ‘greatest American who ever lived’ . His death shook America and those who deeply related to King; he dared Black Americans to hope and act‚ and his impact ran so deep that he is considered to be the Civil Rights

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    English 112 D7 21 January 2014 Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King Jr.‚ son of Reverend Martin Luther King Sr.‚ was born on Tuesday‚ January 15‚ 1929‚ in Atlanta‚ Georgia. Excelling in academics‚ at the age of 15‚ King went on to Morehouse College‚ in his junior year of high school without an actual graduation‚ as a result from high scores on his college entrance exams. Graduating from Morehouse College in 1948 with a B.A. in Sociology‚ King went on to enroll at Crozer Theological Seminary

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    is just one word but that one word creates courageous words. Martin Luther King Jr. showed this throughout his life. He led a protest for what was right and spoke for what had to be done. Sadly all this courage led to his assassination as we remember today. Dr. King was born in Atlanta‚ Georgia in 1929. As a child he never failed to ask discerning questions about the world around him. Though his father was a reverend‚ King initially had many doubts about the Christian religion‚ and it was only after

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    How did Religion Influence Martin Luther King‚ Jr as he led the Civil Rights Movement What do you consider a leader? Is it someone who can lead a group of people with no trouble or is it simply someone with exquisite thinking skills? There is not an accurate definition explaining who or what a leader is because each is different. I feel that Martin Luther King Jr is a great example because he has the ability to inspire people‚ which led to a movement that forever changed America. This paper goes

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    Martin Luther King by Indira Gandhi Prime Minister Of India Speech at the presentation of the Jawaharial Nehru Award for International Understanding to Coretta Scott King in New Delhi‚ India on January 24‚ 1969. This is a poignant moment for all of us. We remember vividly your last visit to our country. We had hoped that on this occasion‚ Dr. King and you would be standing side by side on this platform. That was not to be. He is not with us but we feel his spirit. We admired Dr. King. We felt his

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    Craig Stage Book Award Study Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction Who Gives the Award: There is a committee of three who collaborate to award one recipient each year the Scott O’Dell Award for Historical Fiction. Background of the Award: The Author‚ Scott O’Dell‚ established this award‚ along with Zena Suthlerland‚ to encourage more authors to write historical fiction. Mr. O’Dell wants to encourage young readers to develop a greater understanding of society and cultures through reading

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