Henry David Thoreau, Howard Zinn, and Martin Luther King all supported the idea of citizens having a strong voice in government. ... "(4) Later, Thoreau's defiance would influence Martin Luther King to also defy the government. ... Thoreau's acts of defiance against unjust laws he didn't believe in caused Martin Luther King and his fellow Negro community to do the same. ... "(5) Like Martin Luther King, Howard Zinn also sided with Thoreau in believing that your senses are more powerful than unjust laws. ... Henry David Thoreau, Martin Luther King Jr., and Howard Zinn ...

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In Martin Luther's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail", he talks about how the African-American people were being treated unfairly by an unjust law. ... This is very similar to what Martin Luther King did when he got arrested. ... (Luther, paragraph 15) I believe that Luther is smart by taking both sides of the argument. ... (Luther, paragraph 21). ... He fought so hard that he was assassinated in 1968 in Memphis Tennessee, a death I am sure Martin Luther was willing to give for the greater cause of equal rights for all of mankind....

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An Argumentative Essay Civil Disobedience and It's Effects on Our Society To uphold the standards of living in our culture, we as citizens are asked to make laws and decisions to better our society. However, often times the laws and decision that we make limit one group in our society thus maki...

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The intent of this paper is to expand on the themes of justice that resonate throughout the entirety of King's A Letter From Birmingham Jail. According to Swiss psychoanalyst C.G. Jung, an archetype is a conscious and/or subconscious component of the human psyche. It is the unconscious portion that ...

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Led by Martin Luther King, Jr, African-Americans who had been treated as second-class citizens for more than a century, used successfully the strategy of civil disobedience by promoting and ensuring the civil rights of millions. ...

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Being a good citizen is not developed through mere participation in sports. Citizenship is, at its core, social responsibility. It means doing your part for the common good, making your community and its institutions work well, serving the community, and obeying the laws. Citizenship through athleti...

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