Young Gandhi spent virtually all his hours after school with his mother, who he said was "the embodiment of the traditional Hindu virtues - love, humility and self-sacrifice." ... For example, he identified a central principle common to both Hindu and Christian religions. ... The moralist part of him said this was because of the nature of the "law", but the politician part of him intuited how such a priority would be experienced by Christian believers. ... Today in New Jersey city, with the report of increasing teenager violence, a bill has been introduced in the New Jersey Assembly seeking ...

• Word Count: 1280
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography

During the years spent in his home, in the middle of all the hate and violence, King had learned tolerance of others, and began developing his morals on Christian love. ... In 1944, as a junior in high- school, student Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an entrance examination for Morehouse College. He was promptly accepted to the school, where he lived for four years as a pre-medical student. ... After the success of the bus boycott, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was formed by King and other black ministers in 1957. ...

• Word Count: 1259
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

While King was trying to build success in Montgomery, he and other black ministers came together to form the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. It was created to encourage the Christian faith and leadership into the African American community. ... Almost every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. ...

• Word Count: 1316
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Parks mother worked as a school teacher in Tuskegee, Alabama. ... Rosa gave up school when she came close to graduating, around the same time Rosa got married. ... When Rosa had finished school she was lucky enough to get a job as a seamstress in a local sewing factory. ... Parks was also active in the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), the organization lead for a lengthy period of time by Martin Luther King. ...

• Word Count: 1975
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

A gifted student, King attended segregated public schools and at the age of 15 was admitted to Morehouse College, the alma mater of both his father and maternal grandfather, where he studied medicine and law. ... Emboldened by the boycott's success, in 1957 he and other civil rights activists – most of them fellow ministers – founded the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), a group committed to achieving full equality for African Americans through nonviolence. ...

• Word Count: 1675
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He was later named to the board of directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957. ... The Black community was disappointed in the slow progress being made to de-segregate the school system. ...

• Word Count: 1704
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He was later named to the board of directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957. ... The Black community was disappointed in the slow progress being made to de-segregate the school system. ...

• Word Count: 1711
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He was later named to the board of directors of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957. ... The Black community was disappointed in the slow progress being made to de-segregate the school system. ...

• Word Count: 1704
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School