Martin Luther King set the foundation in the fight for equal rights. ... King best described the Negroes place in society by saying, "America has given the Negro people a bad check which has come back marked as "insufficient funds""(King 1). ... King's comparison of a check to the life of Negro's in America was meant to open the doors of opportunity to all of God's children and people (King 1). ... (King 3,4). ... Martin Luther King makes many allusions and references to history in his speech. ...

• Word Count: 1361
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

August 28, 1968 Martin Luther King Jr. marched to the Lincoln memorial to talk about freedom exactly 100 years after the Emancipation Proclamation was signed by Abraham Lincoln. ... Martin Luther King Jr. emphasized his point by using florid speech. ...

• Word Count: 604
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

A prime example of a highly respected American is Martin Luther King, Jr. ... King used his power to alter and open minds to promote freedom and equality. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. set a pace in diversity and equality. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. and the New York City fleet have allowed America to be the place it is today. ...

• Word Count: 970
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

This man was Martin Luther King Jr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was born on Tuesday, January 15, 1929, in Atlanta, Georgia. King had the oppertunity of a wonderful education, which helped him to become a strong leader in his community. ... King used his amazing education to assure that he could enjoy his rights of, freedom of speech, press, petition and assembly. King used these rights to take a stand and create a better life for his people. ...

• Word Count: 743
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King Jr. ... Martin Luther King took the same idea of passive resistance to protest the injustices brought upon the African American race in the United States. ... King, like Thoreau, was willing to suffer for his views, especially when he found himself faced with disciplinary laws denying civil rights to all citizens. ... Martin Luther King) and even great leaders now. ... Then the leader of the black people Martin Luther King jr. was giving lectures to big crowds of people on the TV getting the word across that blacks should be treated like whites. ...

• Word Count: 860
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King states, "An unjust law is a code that is out of harmony with the Moral Law." ... During the time of Martin Luther King's letter, blacks had practically no rights in America. ...

• Word Count: 433
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Frantz Fanon, Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, and Langston Hughes are some of the people that spoke and fought for the "All men are created equal" vision. ... In his Letter from Birmingham City Jail, Martin Luther King Jr. stated that " Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere". King ended his letter with the thought that blank people's destiny; their search for freedom is intertwined with America's Destiny. King used a nonviolent approach to making changes in this world and was condoned for it. ... King believed that non-violence was the way and wanted to prove to...

• Word Count: 861
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Forty years ago, Martin Luther King, Jr. had a dream. ... King said, however, that he had a dream that his four little children would one day live in a nation when they would not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. ...

• Word Count: 402
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

However leaders like Martin Luther King and Malcolm X opened a new period by beginning the Blacks Rights Movements during the 50's and the 60's. ... Luther King who said you could make war in order to get whats yours. ... This progress was the result of some black Leaders such as Malcolm X and Martin Luther King have made it possible for black people to progress in all areas of life. ...

• Word Count: 909
• Approx Pages: 4
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

For example at the beginning of the last century in America there were slaves who rebelled and have obtained equal rights, for example Martin Luther king, who didn't want to bend into what generations before him had lived, changed the event and prevented a repetition in history. ...

• Word Count: 820
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

New Yorkers and Americans should "continue to work with the faith that unearned suffering is redemptive" (King 569). In the words of Martin Luther King, "Let freedom ring from the mighty mountains of New York" (570)....

• Word Count: 691
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his "Letter From a Birmingham City Jail," "Nonviolent direct action seeks to create such a crisis and establish such creative tension that a community that has constantly refused to negotiate is forced to confront the issue." ...

• Word Count: 538
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Introduction In our culture it appears that everyone seems to be trying to pursue the American Dream. While they all have different ideas of just exactly what the American Dream is, they all know precisely what they want. For some, the American Dream sounds so enticing that they have traveled ac...

• Word Count: 432
• Approx Pages: 2
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King ran a boycott for segregated busses to desegregate. ... The writer for "World Book Encyclopedia" states, "King's civil rights activities began with a protest of Montgomery's segregated bus system in 1955. ... "Martin Luther, Jr. King." ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Civil Rights has always been a major issue in the history of America. There have been many struggles and battles over this issue in our history. From the 1940's on, America was segregated in many ways. African Americans had to drink from different water fountains, were not allowed to sit at ...

• Word Count: 516
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King and Malcolm X. King had a dream that little black boys and girls would be able to join hands with little white boys and girls. ... On April 4th 1968, King was leaving his motel room. ...

• Word Count: 1961
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

"I have a dream that one day my children will live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character". In the midst of racial turmoil, these powerful words were heard by millions. Dr Martin Luther King Jr spent his entire adult life figh...

• Word Count: 1188
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Martin Luther King Jr., and Marcus Garvey all were proponents of "Black Power". ... King and Carmichael to uphold the rights of "Black Power". ... King before hand told blacks that it was a nonviolent march. To receive justice blacks lead by Carmichael and King would not accept defeat. ...

• Word Count: 3405
• Approx Pages: 14
• Grade Level: High School

Explorers Explorers are the reason that we, the American people, are able to live in this beautiful land from coast to coast and enjoy personal freedoms. However that was not the reason for the first expedition set out for America. Christopher Columbus landed in America in 1492. He was sent by ...

• Word Count: 880
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In order to decipher what it means to be an American you have to look at the past and what has brought this freedom upon us. George Washington once said "The basis of our political system is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitution of government." Up until 1776 when the War en...

• Word Count: 1129
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

" If money was the most important thing in life then why do we remember people like Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm x, and Gandhi, but we don't remember the richest person in the world 50 years ago. ...

• Word Count: 1204
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Most of these checks and balances were put into place after previous misuse of surveillance powers by these agencies, including the revelation in 1974 that the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on over 10,000 U.S. citizens, including Martin Luther King Jr. ...

• Word Count: 1122
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Guns: Helpful or Harmful? Violence has been and always will be a problem in our society. Not only are humans killing other humans, some are taking their own lives. Should America enact more gun laws, insist on safety features and gun training, or ban guns altogether? What precautions must be t...

• Word Count: 1240
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

The novel "The Tortilla Curtain- by T. Coraghessan Boyle is about two Mexican immigrants who come to America to be free. One of the Mexican immigrants, Candido, gets hit by the car of a white man. There other immigrant is America, who is the wife Candido. America is a seventeen-year-old Mexican...

• Word Count: 1023
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Black leaders such as Martin Luther King challenged the American spending, saying that they were neglecting the more pressing social issues, such as racism, social security and many other internal affairs that were bothering America at the time. ...

• Word Count: 1620
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School