Lastly, the most influential thinker to his thought was Mohandas Gandhi and through philosophy of non-violence we began to see the creation of the strongest civil right leader. ... The philosophies and teachings of Gandhi through books of his life and teachings inspired King. ... It was King's experience in Montgomery that "solidified his adherence to the philosophy of nonviolence- (Carson). ... Malcolm X's philosophy of self-defense was the complete opposite of King's nonviolence. ...

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Thoreau uses the Transcendentalist philosophy to attack the state from an anti-slavery platform. ... The severe personal, societal, and humanitarian consequences that occur when their philosophy is applied to the lower and middle class majority demonstrate this deficiency. ... Obviously Emerson lives for himself, or at least claims to, and expects that this philosophy is applicable to all individuals in society. ... Here, I believe, is potentially the most damaging aspect of the Transcendentalist philosophy of individualism. ...

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Renegades The song Renegades of Funk by Rage against the Machine is about people, who have altered the course of history by changing the system. In the song the band mentions two great men of the civil rights period who made America better for black people. "Then the renaissance came, times c...

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The song Renegades of Funk by Rage against the Machine is about people, who have altered the course of history by changing the system. In the song the band mentions two great men of the civil rights period who made America better for black people. "Then the renaissance came, times continued to chan...

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He made everyone stop, look and listen with his philosophy of nonviolence to achieve social change. ... The political philosophy of black nationalism meant control over the politics and the politicians of their community. ...

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The 1960's were one of the most significant decades in the twentieth century. The sixties were filled with new music, clothes, and an overall change in the way people acted, but most importantly it was a decade filled with civil rights movements. On February 1, 1960, four black freshmen from North...

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However, in 399 BCE, Socrates argued that civil disobedience is never appropriate, and was so convinced that his philosophy, or social contract theory, was completely justified that he chose a to die rather than to live in order to become an example for others who would be faced with the same situation. ...

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" KING: A CRITICAL BIOGRAPHY " David L. Lewis, the author of this book was at Fisk University when he first met or saw Martin Luther King. Mr. King was giving a speech at his college sometime in the month of February, on the year 1956. For some odd reason he had forgot this unt...

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To most, this perfect world seems to be an impossible goal, but to Martin Luther King Jr. it was ". . . a realistic, achievable goal that could be attained by a critical mass of people committed to and trained in the philosophy and methods of nonviolence." ...

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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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Without the visions of many other very inspired people King could not have viewed his goals in the same way. Martin Luther King Jr choose the role he played in our nations past because of a racial standpoint that is unapparent to the unsegregated. From Thomas Jefferson's United States Constitution...

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Their philosophy of nonviolence was put to a particularly severe test during the Birmingham campaign of 1963, in which activists used a boycott, sit-ins and marches to protest segregation, unfair hiring practices and other injustices in one of America's most racially divided cities. ...

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Questions arise everyday. Some of these questions are trivial, temporary, they pertain only to the present situation and come and go as the times change. What do I want for lunch today? Where am I going to meet my friends for this evening's entertainment? Then there are other questions that p...

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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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The Black Civil Rights Movement of the 20th century pushed for and achieved different levels equality through its many prominent activists. Prior to the movement, millions of Black Americans faced brutal abuse and segregation with little to no government action taking place against such wrongdoings....

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A master strategist and an activist for Civil Rights, Bayard Rustin is mostly remembered for the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which has been one of the most famous of the non-violent marches in United States history. He had used Gandhi's tactics of nonviolence by introducing it to the A...

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• Grade Level: Graduate