Usually these dreams consist of things like fame or fortune or love, and for some people these dreams seem to be unattainable. The whole point of the term "The American Dream" was to create a phrase that showed people how much America was centered around people reaching their dreams. ... The American Dream is usually only attainable to those that are within the groups that society has deemed privileged enough. ... This brings us to the general inequality of the American Dream. ... That is not what the American Dream is supposed to be....

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The dream King has is the blacks will come together as one in their struggle. ... The nation is segregated and with the segregation comes unrest within the nation. ... King says, "the American dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed "we hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal- (p40). ... King uses bitter sarcasm when talking about the American dream, and the American creed of equality and freedom. ...

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In the book The Epic of America written by James Truslow Adams in 1931 stated that The American Dream was one many immigrants have of a land in which life should be better for each person based on their ability and their achievements. ... Thomas Jefferson once said, "Rightful liberty is unobstructed action according to our will within limits drawn around us by the equal rights of others. I do not add 'within the limits of the law' because law is often but the tyrant's will, and always so when it violates the rights of the individual....

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"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. ... I will start my examination by giving a biography of Martin Luther King and later I will analyze what is obliging behind King's American Dream and how it came to it. ... Within the next year, on September 17, 1955 King became the father of his first child, Yolanda. ... The crowd brimmed over with enthusiasm when Martin Luther King delivered his famous...

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This case was revisited within a year, with the court being sued in Brown v. ... His non-violent protest attracted the nation's attention, but at the same time remained within the legal boundaries. His protest of the desegregation of the elevators within the Fulton County Court House had a positive outcome, by permitting African-Americans to ride in the same elevator as White-Americans and moved him one step closer to his dream of "one day all Americans would be equal." Rosa Parks's actions and the Bus Boycott ultimately caused the fall of segregation within the Montgomery Bus Syst...

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Its victory was so complete that event through those outrages took place within the living memory of the baby boomers, they seem like ancient history. ... Being a minister not only put King in touch with the spirit of the black masses but also gave him a base within the black church, then and now the strongest and most independent of black institutions. ... He pursued his dream of spreading the civil-rights movement to other cities. ...

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The speech came a month after Martin Luther King Jr. gave his significant I Have a Dream speech. ... You don 't throw away your ballots until you see a target, and if that target is not within your reach, keep your ballot in your pocket" (Malcolm). ... Kings I Have a Dream speech. ... He uses a juxtaposition when he says "I don't see any American dream; I see an American nightmare" a clear reference to Dr. ...

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Within eighteen months of its establishment 70 000 freedom riders had taken part in sit-ins across the country against segregated services. ... It was here that the well-known I Have A Dream', speech was delivered to thousands by King and seen by millions on televisions around the world. ... Although his death marked the end of a great leader, others are still carrying on his "Dream-. ...

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They avoid using any modern electric appliances and other technologies that the majority of Americans would not dream of living without. ... On the other hand there are many subgroups within national cultures that do not completely comply to all the traits of the national culture. Being a member of many subgroups within a national culture adds to the complexity of recognizing the entire national culture....

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"Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that." Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was a preacher and the preeminent leader of a movement that continues to transform America and the world. ...

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"I have a dream- are the famous words spoken by Martin Luther king Jr. on August 28, 1963, in the civil rights movement speech. ... King made his "I have a Dream" speech to everyone present and watching on TV. ... From that decision on, white and blacks were to live in equality within the American borders, and King was viewed as the hero. ...

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Within the midst of this large gap of ethical leaders, was a man who led a revolution. ... Nonetheless, King weathered the storm and looked ahead to building the next steps for his dream of equality. ... During that protest, King recited his famous speech, "I have a dream". ...

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The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people either prayed to their own Gods or (especially in north and central Africa) followed the teachings of the Koran. But in the eyes of most Europeans, all Africans were ignorant, pagan savages who needed to be introduced to Christianity and Western civilisation. When America was discovered in 1492, Eur...

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Within segregation it has a Superior and inferior group. ... They had this mind set because they were involved in everything; they had their hands within the system. ... The black community came together with hopes and dreams of desegregation. ... Not only was he the voice of the people, he was also the hope and dreams of the black community. ...

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He and the group of women who followed him acted from within spiritual traditions often associated with Hinduism. ... " It was this devil who had burned his home, killed his father, institutionalized his mother, separated his family, encouraged him to abandon his dreams, and ultimately thrown him in prison. ... His dream was to create an organization different from the NOI that "would embrace all faiths of black people, and it would carry into practice what the NOI had only preached....

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Throughout Rubin's struggle in jail he managed to accomplish more than many on the outside world could ever dream of accomplishing. ... But Rubin did not care about what failed attempts lied behind him, because that did not compare to the new founded love lay within him now; he had a new strength. ...

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Within a few months, the citizens all over India started to make salt illegally. ... King delivers his famous "I Have a Dream" speech in front of the Lincoln memorial, which grabbed a lot of peoples hearts and made a major turning point in the rights of the African Americans. ...

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Black History What are your schools teaching during Black-History month? You may be surprised to learn that many schools have not taken Black-History as a challenge to explore different ideas, people, and aspects of history. Many have failed by teaching only the minimum required. Today's youth ar...

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When the monster went into a town "One of the best of these I entered; but I had hardly placed my foot within the door, before the children shrieked, and one of the women fainted (Chapter 11). ... "I have a 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." ...

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He then would have had to leave his room, run down the stairs and out of the boarding house, stash the bundle next door, and get away from the scene unnoticed all within two minutes. ... But exactly who pulled the trigger on the man who dreamed that one day his children would live in a nation where they would be judged by the content of their character, and not the color of their skin? ...

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Dr. Martin Luther King: Nonviolence Movement Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was a nonviolent person and had a strong belief of not using violent. He was born in Atlanta, Georgia, on January 15, 1929. While growing up in the African-American Baptist church, as the son of a pastor, King was raised to ...

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What are your schools teaching during Black-History month? You may be surprised to learn that many schools have not taken Black-History as a challenge to explore different ideas, people, and aspects of history. Many have failed by teaching only the minimum required. Today's youth are missing a huge ...

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., where he delivered his most famous speech, "I have a dream" (Martin Luther King, Jr, 2002-2015). ... Within the same year Martin Luther King Jr. earned himself the Nobel Peace Prize.   ...

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King's writings, decisions and actions came from within his soul and were greatly influenced by the laws of a higher being rather than the laws of the land which were written but, often, not properly enforced. ... King had faith that "One day the South will know that when these disinherited children of God sat down at lunch counters, they were in reality standing up for what is best in the American dream and for the most sacred values in our Judaeo-Christian heritage" (1862). ...

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The Civil Rights Movement The Civil Rights Movement in the United States was a political, legal, and social struggle by black Americans to gain full citizenship rights and to achieve racial equality. The Civil Rights movement was first and foremost a challenge to segregation. During the Civil...

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