the light the prisoners see while a low wall is along the way. The prisoner look over the wall to find strange images that he has never seen before is compelled immediately to look toward the light. The question then is would the prisoner suffer pain from the glare brought forth by the light, Plato then explains he will require to grow accustom to the light in order to clearly see the new images. Once the prisoner becomes accustom to the sight of the upper world, he will then see the reflection of others
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accomplished such as community activism, community building and advancement of the issues of African Americans were significantly overlooked by the press. However, when the more aggressive Black Power movement began and the unwavering community support moved from the more passive ideas of the SNCC the entire movement was rated as being dangerous to the public and government. This can be seen when Murphree says "But these same dissenting messages of separatism, black empowerment, and self-defense remained as
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When a child is scared, they look for someone to provide protection, and what would America be today if it’s children of a darker pigment did not have anyone to provide protection for them? Scurrying through the woods and stumbling into the path of freedom is exactly what our ancestors did. Little did they know that one day we would read about them, that one day Harriet Tubman would be someone to idolize. That America’s children would look towards them for protection. It is obvious that humanitarians
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Luther King Jr. wrote a letter from inside the Birmingham jail addressing the inequality that African American people were facing in the South. Most white people in the South during this time were interpreting the Declaration in different ways that supported the segregation of African Americans and white supremacy where they took the phrase “separate but equal” out of context. Martin Luther King Jr. provides detailed events of unjust treatment based on race within his letter where he aims to re-interpret
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Transcription pg. 1-2) To elaborate further, a necessity of government is a military presence for protection against threats. While the country requires defense from those forces who’d wish destruction upon liberty and freedom, it also has an equal need for a type of police system to protect each inhabitant of the country
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Americans. His actions of passive resistance were often faced with criticism but no matter, Dr. King stood against the criticisms for what he believed. Even after Dr. King was put in jail, he stated in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail, “I cannot sit idly by in Atlanta and not be concerned about what happens in Birmingham. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects
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’s Letter From Birmingham Jail. “I wish you had commended the Negro sit inners and demonstrators of Birmingham for their sublime courage, their willingness to suffer and their amazing discipline in the midst of great provocation” (Dr. King, Pg. 153). This letter which was put in newspapers shows that King was expressing his beliefs in the movement and demonstrating that those involved with the movement are heroes due to their courage in the face of racism and racial attacks, which this letter being
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More often than not, people set goals in order to achieve or accomplish something that they believe will benefit them; however, setting goals is separate from actually achieving them. In fact, a majority of the goals people set are often abandoned or forgotten over the course of one’s life. The ones people do achieve are often a result of hard work and dedication. According to Oliver Wendell Holmes, “To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not
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We had to write an argumentive essay responding to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. responds to the clergymen's letter to him in Birmingham Jail. We were to include a counter argument. Martin Luther King strongly believes in protesting for the Civil Rights of African American citizens. I agree with his argument and viewpoint completely. There are two kinds of citizens in the US, citizens and non-citizens. There should be no in-between when it comes to citizenships and rights. If someone doesn't act
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To evaluate wisdom, people use a myriad of different metrics depending on the context of the measurement. Yet, of all the possible measurements of wisdom, one that categorically does NOT provide an accurate measurement is the degree to which the wise person is happy. History is filled with heroic figures who have sacrificed their very lives in a quest to add their measure of wisdom to the world. One of the most notable figures in this category was Martin Luther King, Jr. So too, literature is filled
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