Ahmed Al-Salem Section 7-3 1/23/2002 Martin Luther King The sun was hot on April 4, 1968 in Memphis Tennessee. ... He loaded his Remington Gamester Model 760 .30-06 caliber rifle, he observed with his binoculars Martin Luther King. ... He targeted Martin Luther King; he put his hand on the trigger, pulled his fingers and the bullet blasted out of the Remin! ... He laughed, he had done it; he had killed Martin Luther King Jr. ... Martin Luther King wanted the future to show kindness, and respect to the blacks and any non-U.S. citizen. ...

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Martin Luther King got involved. ... When Martin Luther King gave him "I had a Dream speech I felt prove and powerful. ... Martin Luther King. ... Martin Luther King would actually work. ... Martin Luther King? ...

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Martin Luther King, Jr., who established a push to end slavery and inspired an entire revolution to eliminate racial discrimination, it seems that a successful eradication of racism is not an option. Today, we still see hate crimes such as the Rodney King case of Los Angeles. ... Whether it was Milwaukee, WI with help from Civil Rights activist, Father Groppi, or Martin Luther King, Jr. and his persistence in the South and in Washington D.C., it appeared that America was changing as a whole. ...

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According to Martin Luther King, in his piece, Letter From Birmingham Jail, written on April 16, 1963, there are two types of laws that exist today in our society. ... King wrote this piece, our country was in chaos as the south was suppressing it's black community by placing these sorts of unjust laws on their citizens. ... This is similar to what the south had to go through when King devised his ideas of civil disobedience. King was right in fighting to bridge the differences between just and unjust laws in our society. Almost 40 years have passed since King reached out to the citiz...

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Through her actions in the Montgomery bus boycott (1955-1956) she was able to help bring attention to the wrong that was being done and she was able to give attention to other leaders, like Martin Luther King, Jr., who eventually had a huge influence in the African American history. ... Martin Luther King, Jr., met to discuss the issue. ... (King, 132). ... "She received several awards, such as; Lifetime Achievement Award (1997), NAACP's Spingarn Medal (1970), Martin Luther King Jr. Award (1980), Honorary degree from Shaw College, Martin Luther King Jr. ...

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It was around the time that Martin Luther King Jr. became a leader in the Civil Rights Movement. ... Martin Luther King became a strong voice for the rights of blacks. ... Martin Luther King Jr. ... In the time that Martin Luther King lived most people were not oppose to the Civil Rights Movement, they just did not care enough. ... King's Civil Disobedience was so effective. ...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was the pastor of the Dexter Avenue Baptist Church in Montgomery. ... Martin Luther King, Jr. After the infringing of this segregation law on buses Martin Luther King Jr. and the Montgomery Improvement Association (MIA) agreed, to aid Rosa Parks in leading the blacks in the Montgomery bus boycott. ... King and Rev. ... Parks was also active in the SCLC (Southern Christian Leadership Conference), the organization lead for a lengthy period of time by Martin Luther King. ...

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Montgomery's new young Baptist minister, Martin Luther King Jr. was president of the Montgomery Improvement Association, which organized the bus boycott. ... Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous "I have a Dream" speech. ...

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Many black activists, such as Frederick Douglas, Sojourner Truth, Harriet Truman, and Martin Luther King, sacrificed themselves, and began the revolutionizing of America. ... It was there Martin Luther King Jr., gave his famous "I Have a Dream" speech. ...

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Martin Luther King was a key player in the civil rights movement. ... King addressed his well-known speech 'I have a dream' here.This essays aims to discuss the success of the Civil Rights Movement by playing special emphasis on the structural changes of the American society as well as the organizational strength of the movement. ... King mobilised the African-American community within the movement. ... The minister was king (Austin,2003). ...

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The march, which became a key moment in the growing struggle for civil rights in the United States, culminated in Martin Luther King Jr.'... King's speech was clearly about ending segregation in facilities, schools, and other services. ... After the march, King and other civil rights leaders met with President Kennedy and Vice President Lyndon B. ...

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In 1968, Anne Moody published her autobiography, Coming of Age in Mississippi. Her book is a startling depiction of what it was like to grow up a poor, southern African American. Through her revelation of the tremendous amounts of racial discrimination and prejudice that African Americans faced in t...

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