How many of you have heard the term “social gospel’? Essentially the social gospel is a liberal modification of the the Biblical Gospel, focused on liberating those who are oppressed. This doctrine was originally outlined by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr in the twentieth century. The ideas rooted in the social gospel had a tremendous impact on John Lewis’ life in the graphic novel “March”. Those major points being; the idea of social evolution, individual advancement, and cultural reform. Throughout
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not good like they kept white people and colored persons away from each other also why did they do that maybe because they thought that's how it's supposed to be. Know Rosa Parks changed the history so now we can all be together also because of (Martin Luther King Jr.) Jim Crow Laws were statutes and ordinances established between 1874 and 1975 to separate the white and black races in the American South. In theory, it was to create "(separate but equal)" treatment, but in practice Jim Crow Laws
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being most useful in getting his whole point around. With these rhetorical strategies Martin Luther king Jr. uses anaphora to emphasis through repetition makes these phrases more memorable, and, by extension, makes’ King’s story more memorable. Another rhetorical strategy he uses is allusion from the great Gettysburg’s address to show the equivalent worth of both cultures. The last major rhetorical strategy martin Luther king Jr. uses is metaphors, which he uses to this strategy to make point in his
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Dr. Martin Luther King Jr’s “I Have A Dream” speech exhibits rhetorical elements in which he uses repetition within his strong imagery, logical thoughts, and credible examples to support his argument that all men are created equal and should be treated as such. In the first paragraph of King’s speech, he immediately evokes Pathos in his audience. He refers to the beacon of light that has been “seared in the flames of withering injustice.” This image casts a feeling of hopelessness and despair. The
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Christopher Reeve uses strong diction to portray that he cares about the people with disabilities and wants to help them. First, Reeve uses words like family to give the audience a sense of kindness coming from him as if he were referring to everyone with disabilities as his family. He says, “You may have an aunt with Parkinson’s disease, a neighbor with a spinal cord injury, or a brother with AIDS, and if we’re really committed to this idea of family, we’ve got to do something about it.” This
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1.James Baldwin is a writer, playwright, and novelist born in 1924. He had an interesting early life as at a young age he was a pastor around the same time that he got interested in reading. Then when he graduated high school he had to hold off on school to help his family. Later he would move twice, the first time to Greenwich Village and then a second time to Paris. Both times so he could focus more on writing. He soon became very well know for writing about race and the black experience in America
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During the 1950s and 1960s, America struggled to conquer racial barriers, following the Brown V. Board of Education case, causing an uprising of civil rights activists. These activists became notable historical figures, leading fellow citizens in the fight to equality, through the spread of their own philosophies. African- Americans conducted protests, marches and boycotts, challenging discriminatory laws that threatened their equality. Malcolm X is just one of the many leaders that propelled the
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Rosa becomes the first woman to receive the Martin Luther King Jr. Nonviolent Peace Prize (Hull "Timeline"). Receiving an award like this is a huge honor and very difficult to accomplish, but Rosa won the award. This causes her to be viewed as extraordinary and someone worthy of being a role model
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Douglas MacArthur once said, "Rules are mostly made to be broken...". While this does not directly apply to the ideology and practices of civil disobedience, it is most certainly incorporated into it. By its very definition, civil disobedience is, "the refusal to obey certain laws [that one sees to be unjust or oppressive]". The Constitution even says that the people can strike down the government and erect a new one if the aforementioned government is tyrannical. So this idea of passively protesting
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The 1960’s, full of questionable philosophies of activists expressing what they seemed to be their right of knowledge and ethics for others to follow but none were sure of to be the most senseful of the all. King believed in to be the most notable activist around the 1960’s along with Malcolm X. The two followed nearly complete opposite philosophies in which people sought out and followed along with their community for change and equality. Malcolm X a black nationalist, a devoted follower of Islam
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