Angela. (2009). Free at last!. Publisher New York‚ N.Y : DK‚ ISBN: 9780756656164 : 0756656168. This is a book about deep research of King’s fight for freedom. Author writes a complete biography of the civil rights leader‚ covering his childhood‚ leadership‚ powerful speeches‚ assassination‚ and greatest influences. Carson‚ C.‚ & King‚ M. L. (1998). The autobiography of Martin Luther King‚ Jr. New York: Intellectual Properties Management in association with Warner Books. ISBN0446524123. In this book
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blamed the Christian church members for not standing up for their fellow brothers and justice; he also displayed disappointment at the leadership of the clergy. • Occasion: The United States was still struggling with racial segregation in the 1950s and 1960s after so many years of oppression. Economic communities were giving colored people a hard time‚ and putting on humiliating racial signs. Aiming at several issues‚ in 1963‚ Dr. king’s organization‚ the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC)
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out of their agreement and surely the clergy must relate to his frustration about the broken promises. King continued‚ speaking more directly‚ when he said “In spite of my shattered dreams‚ I came to Birmingham with hopes that the white religious leadership of this community would see the justice of our cause and‚ with deep moral concern‚ would serve as the channel through which our just grievances could reach the power structure.” Here he aimed directly at the clergymen targeting their religion as
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at the age of 15. He later continued his studies at Boston University‚ receiving his doctoral degree in Philosophy in Systematic Theology. While in Boston he met the woman that he would marry‚ Coretta Scott. King ’s unrelenting and effective leadership role and his success in the protest for desegregation of buses‚ made him one of the prime leaders of the civil rights movement. King also led one of the biggest‚ peaceful‚ marches in Washington‚ D.C.. About a quarter of a million people‚ of all
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Maya Angelou Maya Angelou‚ born Magarite Johnson‚ was and author‚ playwright‚ professional stage and screen performer‚ and a singer. She has written five volumes of autobiography‚ four volumes of poetry as well as written plays‚ screenplays‚ and numerous periodical articles. She has overcome a difficult and traumatic childhood to become a prize-winning poet and author of several best-selling autobiographies. “Dr. Maya Angelou is one of the most renowned and influential voices of our
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in paragraph 2-2 “Outsiders coming in" isn’t a good thing. King begs to differ. He believes that if you live in USA then you should never be considered an outsider regardless of your skin tone. MLK at the time is the president of Southern Christian Leadership Conference an association joining more than eighty organizations working to help each other to stabilize their community‚ they always share staff for financial & educational purposes. King says that there are four convenient steps; figure
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acknowledging the recent criticism of white clergymen in Birmingham calling his actions "unwise and untimely." King uses logical appeal to make his case. In an unemotional straightforward tone‚ he explains that he is president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and the organization had been invited to Birmingham‚ the most segregated city in America‚ to help battle injustice; thus‚ he has a right to be there and he is not merely an “outsider” causing trouble. He defends his teaching of nonviolent
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He states that in the course of negotiations certain promises were made by the merchants-for example to remove the stores’ humiliating racial sings. On the basis of these promises‚ the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth and the leaders of the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights agreed to a moratorium on all demonstrations. As the weeks and the months went by‚ they realized that they were the victims of empty promises‚ because the signs were put back up. Due to the fact that their hopes were yet
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the clergymen are men of good will and that their criticisms were sincere‚ he wanted to take the time to respond. King opens the letter with stating his position as President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference—an organization operating in every southern state that has affiliation with the Alabama Christian Movement for Human rights. His purpose on earth is to carry the gospel of freedom beyond his hometown‚ just as the prophets from the Bible carried the gospel to the corners of the Greco-Roman
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Table of contents The Early Life and Education 2 The “Fight” Against Segregation 3 The Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) 4 Birmingham Campaign 4 The Great March on Washington 5 The Poor People’s Campaign and the opposition to the Vietnam War 6 The reconnaissance 6 References 8 The Early Life and Education Martin Luther King Jr. was one of the most important figures within the fields of politics and non-violent activism of the 20th century. King was born on 15th of
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