...Arundhati Roy, "There is no discussion taking place in the world today that is more crucial than the debate about strategies of resistance." There is no greater strategist in American history, no teacher more relevant to our post-election malaise, than Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. King was more than a moral visionary; he was a creative tactician. All of us-especially leaders of the peace movement-have much to learn from King's teachings on strategy and tactics. In the late 1950s a major change took place within the civil rights community, a shift from representative government to direct action democracy. When the young Black movement broke away from the confines of electoral politics, society began to change. Before 1960, the...
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...Haughey 1 Landon Haughey. Moran La 11 13 February 2024 Martin Luther King Jr. Who is Martin Luther King Jr.? He was a Baptist Minister and Social Activist who was assassinated in 1968. He was a great man who changed the world and formed it into what it is today. His children are still alive to this day. Martin Luther King Jr. came from a comfortable middle class family and grew up in Georgia. He was a very religious man. His father and grandfather and himself were Baptist preachers. He and his siblings had a happy childhood. Until they were exposed to the harsh racial segregation of the South. His life is deeply affected by racism and segregation. Martin Luther King Jr. did many significant acts that changed society. The Montgomery Bus...
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...On April 3, 1968, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated as he stood on the balcony outside of his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee. The single shot that was fired from a rifle from a motel that was next to the Lorraine Motel ended up being fatal for Dr. King Jr. A witness stated that they saw a person running away from the scene and entering a white Mustang fleeing the area. There was some evidence that was retrieved from a room in that motel which included a rifle, binoculars and a few beer cans. The room was checked out to James Earl Ray on the day of the assassination and his prints were found on the rifle and on the beer cans. What was believed to be the Mustang was later found in Atlanta and when fingerprinted the...
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...Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. had a dream that one day we would live in a world free of prejudice, while we have certainly come a long way from 1963 there is still work to be done. Bigotry and prejudice did not simply die in the summer of 1964 with the passage of the Civil Rights Act. The wounds that were left by racial segregation, religious prejudice, and homophobia left on this country are still visible and it will be a long time before they fade completely. However, unlike most wounds, these simply won’t heal with time alone, we, the future leaders of America must work hard to heal these scars. We must stand in solidarity with our melanin kissed brothers and sisters, with those who identify with a culture that the majority has tried...
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...Martin Luther King Jr.’s death was unjustified. Imagine your life being taken away out of nowhere from one day to another, from being alive to the next being dead. Martin Luther King Jr. was an African American who fought for many americans so that we all got treated equally. King’s death was unjustified because nobody should be killed by another human being. It was also unjustified because he was a great man who didn’t do harm to nobody but instead was helping many. The last reason why Martin Luther King Jr.’s death was unjustified was because being killed for hatred is not okay. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death was unjustified. Martin Luther King Jr.’s death was unjustified because nobody should be killed by another human being. Martin Luther king Jr. didn’t deserve to die the day of April 4, 1968 when he was shot outside a motel on his balcony at Memphis, Tennessee. He was a great man who was the voice for many americans in the United States. He inspired many people to fight for what they wanted. He wanted a better life and a better future for us the americans. Being killed by another human just because they hated the fact that a person was speaking up for many people was something so immature to do. Martin Luther King Jr. was killed because a person didn’t like the fact that...
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...Christian St. Germaine Mr. Gomez American Literature 15 April 2015 The Great Racial Debate; and Differences of Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. for Racial Equality America in the 1960s was marked by an era of unfortunate segregation, violence and unrest towards African Americans in the country. They faced often-brutal violence and a government that had forgotten them in regards to human rights. Blacks needed something to be done about the harm and inequality they were facing at the time. Fortunately, two men in particular rose to the occasion to fight for what they believed in. They focused on achieving the same goal of a better society for Blacks. However, they differed greatly in regards to how they sought to complete this goal. While Malcolm X often viewed the problem as a war and wanted to ensure that his people would have the means and the power to fight back against the harmful Whites. Martin Luther King Jr. believed it would be more beneficial to both parties if the violence ceased to exist. The struggle for racial equality caused Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. to seek separate and contradictory methods of achieving what they felt was right for African Americans. One main difference between Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. was their distinctive childhoods. The two men were raised under dissimilar circumstances and environments. It can be supposed that the way they grew up directly relates to the views they had on the racial problems and the way...
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...Dr. Martin Luther King’s Funeral and Assassination Word spread like wildfire when the news of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination hit the public. As the leading civil rights activist in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. preached words of peace and understanding among races. A well known name throughout the North and South, King gained extreme popularity within the African American community. When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated a wave of sorrow spread across the nation. With rage, sadness, and hopelessness in the public eye, clearly the assassination hurt more than just one man, it hurt a nation. A single shot killed 39-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. At the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, a sniper from about “50-100 yards away,” shot and struck Dr. King’s neck, while instantaneously killing him (“Martin Luther King Slain” 139). From the crime scene, F.B.I. investigators traced a “white Mustang automobile,” and an “‘unusually large’ amount of physical evidence” (Waldron 1). With fingerprints, the actual rifle, and eyewitnesses as definite pieces of evidence, F.B.I. agents concluded that a Caucasian man executed the assassination and that he would be very easily caught (Waldron 1). Eyewitness testimony even stated that the “saw a white man [ran] from the house immediately after the shooting” (“Martin Luther King Slain” 140). As a shocking and horrific event, the assassination of Dr. King proved to test the nation’s character. Shortly...
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...Dr. Martin Luther King’s Funeral and Assassination Word spread like wildfire when the news of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassination hit the public. As the leading civil rights activist in the 1960s, Martin Luther King Jr. preached words of peace and understanding among races. A well known name throughout the North and South, King gained extreme popularity within the African American community. When Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated a wave of sorrow spread across the nation. With rage, sadness, and hopelessness in the public eye, clearly the assassination hurt more than just one man, it hurt a nation. A single shot killed 39-year-old Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968. At the Lorraine Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee, a sniper from about “50-100 yards away,” shot and struck Dr. King’s neck, while instantaneously killing him (“Martin Luther King Slain” 139). From the crime scene, F.B.I. investigators traced a “white Mustang automobile,” and an “‘unusually large’ amount of physical evidence” (Waldron 1). With fingerprints, the actual rifle, and eyewitnesses as definite pieces of evidence, F.B.I. agents concluded that a Caucasian man executed the assassination and that he would be very easily caught (Waldron 1). Eyewitness testimony even stated that the “saw a white man [ran] from the house immediately after the shooting” (“Martin Luther King Slain” 140). As a shocking and horrific event, the assassination of Dr. King proved to test the nation’s character. Shortly...
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...FALL 15 FALL 15 Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle Dr. Mark Allen Organizational Behavior/Leadership (MBA-552) Harkaran Singh Hara & Aras Azarbay Martin Luther King, Jr.: Charismatic Leadership in a Mass Struggle Dr. Mark Allen Organizational Behavior/Leadership (MBA-552) Harkaran Singh Hara & Aras Azarbay 08 Fall 08 Fall Abstract The paper examines the myths associated with the life and leadership of Martin Luther King, Jr. during the African-American Civil Rights movements of 1950s and 1960s and scrutinizes King’s depiction by the mass media as the sole significant leader of the struggle. It also examines the charismatic label associated with King’s name, his exceptional oratory skills and also his weaknesses as leader. The paper further discusses the contributions of King towards the civil rights struggle and also suggests us not to forget the contributions of leaders to the movement and the social factors which led to King’s rise. It also suggests some lessons we can learn from King’s life and relates his beliefs and methods to various scholarly works. Finally, it reflects upon the role of charismatic leadership and how it relates with transformational leadership styles in today’s business environment. About the Author This article which was originally published in the Journal of American History, 1987 is written by Dr. Clayborne Carson, who is a professor of American History at the...
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...Martin Luther King, leadership, transformation, change. The research finds that Dr. King personified the four characteristics of transformational leadership. It also illustrates King’s leadership legacy through modern works on leadership. Few individuals have made such a significant contribution to the advancement of modern society as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Born into a family of Baptist ministers in Atlanta, Georgia, in 1929, Martin Luther King also became a Baptist minister and rose to national prominence through the organization of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference and as leader of the Civil Rights Movement in the United States from the mid- 1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. Awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1964, his leadership was fundamental to that movement's success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the southern states, and other parts, of the United States. Inspired by Gandhi's philosophy of non-violence, King promoted non-violent tactics for social change such as the massive March on Washington (1963), although he never witnessed his dream of a United States in which all Americans would have racial and economic justice. King’s vision of racial justice and love, provided hope and opportunity to African Americans beset by daily hardship and injustice and the impetus to initiate far-reaching social and political change. His ability to transform the struggle for racial equality into a vision with understandable, concrete...
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...the best lives of their fellow citizens, those eight clergymen could not witness people beaten ruthlessly without doing anything. And, their solution was inciting Negroes in Alabama to fall back fighting. However, the eight clergymen had better not say that King was an outsider and told people not to follow him because that was not the truth. Turning back to the motivation of the eight clergymen, we can see that the derivation of publishing their notion was good. Nevertheless, the truth was Martin Luther King’s demonstration was nonviolent method, and those who brought about harsh damages, both mental and physical, were police in Alabama. Summarily, the way clergymen wrote and the prove they gave were not eloquent enough to persuade the black follow their suggestion, but contrarily, urged the African Americans to support King’s strategy. Works Cited Bass, S. Jonathan, and Martin Luther King. Blessed Are the Peacemakers : Martin Luther King, Jr., Eight White Religious Leaders, and the "Letter from Birmingham Jail". Baton Rouge, La., Louisiana State University Press, 2001. Carpenter, C. C. J. Statement by Alabama Clergymen. Stanford, CA, Martin Luther King, Jr. Research and Education Institute, Martin Luther King Jr. Papers Project, 2000. Osborne, George H. "Boycott in Birmingham." Nation, vol. 194, no. 18, 05 May 1962, p. 397. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=pwh&AN=13176693&site=pov-live. ...
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...Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream" Speech Teresa Speights WEB U: Using the Internet to Understand Your World Professor Nancy Mccomish September 24, 2015 Introduction Martin Luther King’s speech “I Have a Dream” is regarded as one of the most rhetoric speeches in history. The presentation of the speech came at a time when there was an upsurge in racial segregation and inequality. The constant repetition of the leading statement “I Have a Dream" sets the mood for a deeply worded speech in which Martin Luther King critics the slavery status that black people continued to experience in his time. Main Idea Essentially, Martin Luther King refers to the declaration of emancipation and the abolition of slavery. The clarion call in Martin Luther King’s speech is a declaration of an end to the long night of captivity. In his speech, King elucidates hope and faith that after one hundred years the time since the emancipation proclamation inequality was still a present evil in America. King uses the speech to express disappointment at the failure of an interracial corporation and societal equality. The speech, however, presents hope for the unforeseen future, the fact that King expresses optimism that his children will grow up in a more equitable American society is indicative of the ultimate mantra, that of hopefulness and none- relenting spirit. The speech also calls upon the blacks to trust and forgive past oppressors, this call...
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...Case Study on Henry Sy Sr. and John Gokongwei Jr. Case by : Uy, Charles Joseph D. Summary/Abstract History Henry Sy Sr. Henry Sy, Sr. (Chinese: 施至成; pinyin: Shī ZhìChéng; born December 25, 1924) is a Chinese Filipino businessman and the founder and chairman of SM Prime Holdings, the largest retailer and shopping mall operator in the Philippines. He earned his Associate of Arts degree in Commercial Studies at Far Eastern University in 1950. Acknowledged as the country’s "Retail King," he has come a long way from the modest shoe store he set up in Quiapo in 1946, to become Asia's biggest shopping mall operator with over 30 malls throughout the Philippines. He is the Philippines' richest man, gaining 1.4 billion dollars in 2007, amid the global financial crisis. The huge gain was due to his holding company, SM Investments Corp., which has interests in Banco de Oro Universal Bank, inter alia. Forbes magazine's 2008 list of 40 wealthiest Filipinos, revealed the Sy family's net worth was 3.1 billion dollars. Earlier, he was the 2nd wealthiest individual in the Philippines, next to Lucio Tan and (as of 2008) 843rd in the world. Sy is considered a Tai-Pan or tycoon of Asia. The Sy group is the operator of Banco de Oro Universal Bank and owner of China Banking Corporation. In 2006, he bought the remaining 66% of Equitable PCI Bank, the Philippines 3rd largest lender, in which he already had a 34% stake, and merged it with Banco de Oro Universal Bank in 2007....
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...http://library.gcu.edu Example Table Topic | Resource Name | Resource Type | Explain how you accessed your resource. | How is the resource relevant to your essay topic? | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Journal of Religious Thought | Academic Journal | Clicked on the link above to the library home page. Selected “Find Journal Articles.” Clicked on “Christian Studies” under “Find Databases by Subject.” Selected “ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials.” Also selected “Religion and Philosophy Collection.” Used keywords “Martin Luther King AND (worldview OR religion* OR belief*).” | Describes how Martin Luther King, Jr. viewed racism, a just society, and the means for creating a just society. | Permalink | http://library.gcu.edu:2048/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=rlh&AN=4975124&site=ehost-live&scope=site | Student Summary | This article covers the views of Benjamin Mays, Malcolm X, and Martin Luther King, Jr. on three key questions: 1) What is the nature of racism? 2) What is a vision of a just society? and 3) What are the means to enact the vision? Benjamin Mays addresses the pervasiveness of racism and calls for realizing the ideals of the American dream. Malcolm X addresses the role of White people in racism and calls for separation and judgment on racism. Martin Luther King, Jr. addresses the multiple dimensions that...
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...Michael Hutchins Russ Lewis PSY 110 Behavioral Perspective: Peace of a King * Psychology should be seen as a science. Theories need to be supported by empirical data obtained through careful and controlled observation and measurement of behavior. Watson (1913) stated that “psychology as a behaviorist views it is a purely objective experimental branch of natural science. Its theoretical goal is … prediction and control” (p. 158). * Behaviorism is primarily concerned with observable behavior, as opposed to internal events like thinking and emotion. Observable (i.e. external) behavior can be objectively and scientifically measured. Internal events, such as thinking should be explained through behavioral terms (or eliminated altogether). * People have no free will – a person’s environment determines their behavior * When born our mind is 'tabula rasa' (a blank slate). * There is little difference between the learning that takes place in humans and that in other animals. Therefore, research can be carried out on animals as well as humans (i.e.comparative psychology. * Behavior is the result of stimulus – response (i.e. all behavior, no matter how complex, can be reduced to a simple stimulus – response association). Watson described the purpose of psychology as: “To predict, given the stimulus, what reaction will take place; or, given the reaction, state what the situation or stimulus is that has caused the reaction” (1930, p. 11). * All behavior is learnt from...
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