The Declaration of Independence states, "All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights". ... The jurors didn't care about the boy's age and his family - most of them only wanted him to be sent to the electric chair because he was a foreigner who also lives in one of the worst parts of town. ... African Americans make up 12% of the U.S. population, but they comprise about half of all prison inmates and 40% of those sentenced to death. ...

• Word Count: 3114
• Approx Pages: 12
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

My mom was very impressed of King and read picture books about him to me. Also during my exchange year in the United States, Minnesota, in the summer of 1999, I had the opportunity to discover several things about "The American Way of Life". ... I wanted to know more about Martin Luther King's personality. ... Mays, changed King's mind about many things especially his future. ... One evening as King talked about the Freedom Riders in a church in Montgomery, a group of angry whites broke the church windows, threw stones and bombs with tear gas in the church, and burned some cars out...

• Word Count: 4457
• Approx Pages: 18
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

During the 1850's abolitionists in the North questioned the morality of southern slavery by writing and preaching about the rights blacks were denied. ... An opposing view suggests that the Civil Rights Revolution of the 60's led to reverse discrimination that some whites complain about today. ...

• Word Count: 8719
• Approx Pages: 35
• Grade Level: High School

King vowed that until the Negro members of society were granted the same rights as the white man he would continue to violate those laws which were morally unjust in an attempt to bring about justice stating that "It would be fatal for the nation to overlook the urgency of the moment. ... When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a promissory note to which every American was to fall heir. ...

• Word Count: 2706
• Approx Pages: 11
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate