Martin Luther King, Jr. is the Reverend Adam Daniel Williams grandson, Williams is pastor of Ebeneezer Baptist Church and the NAACP will sponsor the Atlanta branch; Martin Luther King Jr. ... s son, Martin Luther Jin Jicheng old Williams became the father of Ebeneezer's pastor, my mother is a teacher. ... The evening of 4 April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee Lorraine Motel story was assassinated racist, aged 39 years old. ...

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Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church and a founder of Atlanta's NAACP chapter, and the son of Martin Luther King, Sr., who succeeded Williams as Ebenezer's pastor, King's roots were in the African-American Baptist church. ... The same week, on February 13, 124 students in Nashville, Tennessee occupied seats at several lunch counters in the city. ...

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"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 hi...

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Since the Civil War, much of the concern over civil rights in the United States has focused on efforts to extend these rights fully to African Americans. Resistance to racial segregation and discrimination with strategies such as civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, marches, protests, boycotts, "freedom rides," and rallies received national attention in the struggle to end racial inequality. There were also continuing efforts to legally challenge segregation through the courts. Following the "separate but equal" decision of Plessy V. Ferguson in 1896, many Americans decided to push f...

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