Cone's thesis is that at the end of the two men's lives, contrary to public opinion, they had moved closer together in philosophies and were willing to do anything, even die to better the living conditions of black people in the United States. ... People become so caught up in King's philosophies on love and nonviolence that they do not recognize that he opposed the Vietnam War, was harassed by the FBI, who alleged he had ties to the Communist party, or the different phases of his life were his thinking evolved. ...

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His skepticism concerning the power of love and nonviolence diminished, as did his disbelief in the potential of this philosophy to affect social relations. ... The 'turn the other cheek' philosophy and 'love your enemies' philosophy were only valid, I felt, when individuals were in conflict with other individuals. ...

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As indicated by the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy "Factors relevant to a disobedient choice of action include: its illegality, its use as a last resort or first resort, any coordination with other dissidents, the likelihood of success, the directness or indirectness of the action, and the expected harm....

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SCLC trained local communities in the philosophy of Christian nonviolence, and through its affiliation with churches and its advocacy of nonviolence, sought to put the struggle for civil rights in moral terms. ... King's philosophy of nonviolence described in his first book, Stride Toward Freedom. ...

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Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in 1929. Throughout his life, King was known best as a Civil Rights Leader. King was born into a family of Baptist Ministers. King grew up in a time when the opportunities for education and experience were not available to children in poorer urban and rural areas....

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• Grade Level: High School

"Martin Luther King and his View of the American Dream" Introduction The reason why I have chosen the topic "Martin Luther King and his view of the American Dream" for my research paper has its roots in my early childhood. 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". One of the most important experiences, which gave me a lasting impression, concerned American people's attitudes towa...

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The Agony and the Ecstasy: The Civil Rights Movement Throughout its history the United States has wrestled with civil rights issues. Even at this country's birth, its Founding Fathers incorporated the Three-Fifths Compromise, ending a dispute over slaves" votes, into the United States" very Constitution. Since 1863, at least fifty-eight riots in America have been related to racism (Duncan 6). Winona LaDuke tells of more than 1,000 tailings and slag piles from uranium mines dumped in Native American Din land (3). "Nearby the land is the largest coal strip mine in the world, and some...

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It is a testament to the greatness of Martin Luther King Jr. that nearly every major city in the U.S. has a street or school named after him. It is a measure of how sorely his achievements are misunderstood that most of them are located in black neighborhoods. He is still regarded mainly as the black leader of a movement for black equality. Martin Luther King, Jr., (1929-1968), American clergyman and Nobel Prize winner, one of the principal leaders of the American civil rights movement and a prominent advocate of nonviolent protest. King's Challenges to segregation and racial discrimi...

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The streetlights were on. Yet, it was three in the afternoon. The smog was so thick and black the sunlight cannot get through. Yesterday's newspaper rolls down the street as the wind gently blows, and the white working class tolerates no form of inter-racial mingling. Signs hang in storefronts re...

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The Situation of African-Americans in America In their motherland Africa, black people lived together in tribes with the families staying together in the village and leading a live according to strong morals and rites. Each tribe had developed a culture and often an own language, and the people ei...

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• Grade Level: High School