If Martin Luther King was alive today he would be 88 years old today. He would be a grandfather. If he was still alive‚ he would probably be still fighting for equality. He would be different in some ways. However his age could possibly affect his health and he could also be fragile to stand up on his feet. If Martin Luther King was alive today‚ we would not have the holiday “Martin Luther King Day.” We wouldn’t be having a holiday to honor him for his work for equality and also be able to have
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diversity we would all be the same. Dr. Martin Luther King‚ Jr. brought different cultures together as one in harmony. One’s race and color doesn’t make someone better than the other. Everyone is different but that makes us ourselves. Everyone is not the same on the outside‚ but we are the same on the inside. Just because someone is white or black doesn’t
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As most people know‚ Martin Luther King Jr played an important role in American History. Martin once said “Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter”. Martin Luther served a successful era as a social activist in the American Civil Rights movement in the mid 1950’s until his death. He had many accomplishments during his time such as; “Being honored with the distinguished award in 1964 with his active and dynamic leadership‚ highlighted by his nonviolent tactics‚ helped
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THE POSITIVE IMPACT MARTIN LUTHER HAD ON THE REFORMATION Martin Luther had several positive impacts on the Reformation. For instance‚ putting the immorality of the Catholic Church under microscope and later coming to a revolutionary idea that will limit their power. One aspect of the Catholic Church that was challenged by Martin Luther were the indulgences the church was selling in order to build a new church in Rome. Indulgences were the selling of prayers
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Martin Luther’s Letter to the German nobility condemned many of the Catholic Church’s practices that Martin Luther believed reflected a corrupt church and described his growing opposition to the pope. Martin Luther believed that the pope should not have any authority over the emperor unless it is for spiritual offices. He believed that the only time‚ out of religious situations‚ the pope should feel above the emperor is when he anoints and crowns him at the altar. Martin Luther also did not understand
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Ethan Preece October 26‚ 2016 Martin Luther Martin Luther was born on November 10th‚ 1483. He was baptised as a Catholic the next morning. His family moved to mansfield in 1484. His father got a job as a leaseholder of copper mines and smelters. His father was determined to see Martin Luther become a lawyer. Luther enrolled in law school but dropped out almost immediately because he described it as “hell”. He was deeply influenced by two of his tutors who taught him to test everything with
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omnipresent representation of inferiority. Starved of a Negro consensus‚ white men—mostly European—began persecuting them and exalting their supposed mediocrity. Hundreds of years after this tenet hit America‚ an exceedingly astute preacher named Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. exemplified himself as the backbone of the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-1900s. Notwithstanding the omnipotent fear plaguing the Negro community‚ Dr. King apprehends the vindictiveness of classifying the black men and women as inferior
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Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that his nation would one day have no racism anymore. “I have dream that my four 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”. (Martin Luther King Jr.) He wanted his nation to not be judged by their color of their skin but by their personality because he wanted everything and everyone to be treated the same and fair. Also he graduated at the age of fifteen. Let’s all be grateful
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far has the importance of Martin Luther King been exaggerated in terms of improving conditions for black people living in America during the Civil rights struggle? Even after slavery was abolished in 1865‚ black people still felt as second citizens because of the deep segregation that was going on in the southern states of America. The black people felt this way because the new Jim Crow Laws that was invented‚ laws such as black’s children and white children must be in a completely different
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staircase.” This quote by Martin Luther King inspired many people. It changed people’s lives and there came peace among many people. It also made people realize that there is more to life. it Gave people a chance to live a good life. Martin Luther King was a good man because he inspired people‚ worked for peace‚ and dreamed of equality amongst everyone.(BIO.com) Many of these inspirations were from his famous speech “I have a dream” and his million man march. Martin Luther King was born on January
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