Civil disobedience is a term that has been heard more and more often in the states. We see people stand to together to assemble and protest, for instance: “Black Lives Matter”, “Enough”, “Women’s March”, “March for Science” and many more. We hear about court cases that decide what is within our right of our freedom of speech, religion, press, and petition. These cases made possible with the right to a fair and speedy trial. There are activists in the Israeli/Palestinian conflict doing what we do
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Malcolm X’s The Ballot or the Bullet speech was ranked 7th as one of the most prominent speeches in America. On April 3,1964 in his speech The Ballot or the Bullet, civil rights activist Malcolm X suggested that black nationalism should be the philosophy of all African American people. Malcolm X supported this suggestion by using examples of how they have been mistreated to convert them to that philosophy. Malcolm X’s purpose is to persuade the black population to unite, exercise their right to vote
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Speech Opinions Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech is an important guideline and goal of equality for the world to follow. Even if the performance, and the marching was staged as Malcolm X stated, the morals of the speech are still valuable and relevant in today’s society. However I agree with Malcolm’s dissatisfaction with the people watching the speech and some participating in the march. To throw away personal opinions and pretend to support a cause to seem “chic”, as Malcolm wrote, is disrespectful
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artists like Bono, Phil Collins, and George Michael. They sang the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” to raise money for relief of the 1983-85 famine in Ethiopia. Recently, today’s most prominent music artists such as Sam Smith, Ellie Goulding, Chris Martin, and many other musicians teamed up recreate a modern day Band-Aid for Ebola support. They changed some of the lyrics to match the modern day world for “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” The song was released to YouTube on November 16th, 2014, and it
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Martin Luther King Jr. once said, “Injustice is a threat to justice everywhere” (BrainyQuote). Martin Luther King Jr., born to Alberta and Martin King on January 15, 1929, lead the way for a more diverse america. King played a prominent role to civil rights by forming marches and delivering speeches during the 1960’s. During the Civil Rights Movement King was named president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). On August 28, 1963, King lead the March on Washington and carried
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Influence of MLK Dr. Martin Luther King Jr is a great role model for public speaking. He is known as one of America's most influential speakers even 52 years after giving the iconic "I have a dream" speech. During his speeches he captivated his audiences with confident clear communication. MLK used encouraging, positive, and compassionate language to advocate an equal society. He kept his speeches narrow addressing the issue at hand. His speeches were clear. Varying his pace, tone, and
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Martin Luther King Jr., Son of Michael King Sr. and Alberta Williams King and former president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) was born on January the 15th, 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. Martin Luther King Jr. had a sister called Willie Christine King Farris and a brother called Alfred Daniel Williams King. In his childhood, Marthin Luther King Jr. was identified as Michael King Jr. but later change his name to Martin after his father adopted the name Martin in recognition of
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Memphis Tennessee a city that has faced and struggled with racism. The latest controversy, in the video is about a park and a statue and how the Memphis City Council wants to change the name of the Park. But, this creates a problem for the members of the Ku Klux Klan; therefore, they want to fight against the change, they are holding a rally to protest the idea and make sure other people are aware of what they "believe" is happening to the world, if they change the park names. But, people don’t want
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rights movement started in 1954 and lasted 12 more years all the way until 1968. The most important civil rights activists consisted of Martin Luther King Jr., Malcolm X, Rosa Parks(started the civil rights movement), and so on. There were many courageous men and women all over America who took a stand during the civil rights movement. The Martin Luther King Jr. I have a dream speech, on the steps of the Lincon memorial, in Washington D.C. was one of the greatests speeches to be recorded. In the
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reasoning, such as scale. The scale of Mandela’s anti-apartheid movement was nationwide. Antigone however received support in secret, because no one in the play other than her fiancé actually did anything that could help her. On lines 835 to 840 the king and Antigone’s fiancé argue about the way to govern the land, and her fiancé says “The people here in Thebes all say the same—they deny she is (evil)” (Sophocles 281). Antigone received little help, however the opposite is true for Nelson
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