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Martin Luther King: Civil Rights Patriot
649 Words - 3 Pages

.... Gandhi, from whom he derived his own philosophy of nonviolent protest. He moved to Alabama to become pastor for a Baptist church. Just after he received his Ph.D. in 1955, King was asked to lead a bus boycott in Montgomery. It had been formed after Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give her seat to a white passenger. Throughout the 381 days which the boycott lasted, he was arrested and jailed, repeatedly threatened, and his home was bombed. The boycott ended later that year when the Supreme Court outlawed segregation in public transportation. This was his first victory and alone made Dr. King a highly respected leader. When he went to India in 1959, he studied Gandhi' ....


Frederick Douglass
401 Words - 2 Pages

.... for social reform and the abolition of slavery. Because of his speaking ability, Douglass soon became the major drawing card at meetings of the abolitionist society. A deep melodious voice, grace and a flair for the dramatic would allow Douglass to mesmerize his listeners at the abolitionist meetings. From 1845 to 1847, Douglas would travel in Great Britain speaking for the elimination of slavery. While in Britain he expanded his view of the struggle for human rights. He spoke in favor of Irish home rule and eventually would speak on behalf of the landless European peasantry, women's suffrage, prison reform, free public school education and universal peace. In 1846 ....


Marlowe Cut Short
792 Words - 3 Pages

.... had been sent to this seminary on matters relating to national security. Due to the Queen's intervention the Cambridge officials granted Marlowe his masters degree. From this incident many people believe that Marlowe was a spy for the government and that he continued to work for the Queen after he obtained his degree. After Marlowe obtained his masters degree he went to London to work on his new profession as an author. He began getting into a lot of trouble with the law and having enemies around every corner. On May 18, 1593 a warrant was issued for Marlowe due to heretical documents found in his room. Marlowe's roommate, Thomas Kyd, was arrested and charged with ....


Robert Kennedy
297 Words - 2 Pages

.... in June 1668, whil campaigning for the Democratic nomination for President. In 1969, Sirhan Sirhan, a Jordanian-born Arab, was convicted of the assasination and sentenced to death. The sentence was changed to life imprisonment in 1972 after the California Supreme Court declared the state's death penalty unconstitutional. was appointed attorney general of the United States by his brother, President John Kennedy, in 1961. also acted as his brother's closet advisor. After the President's assassination in 1963, Kennedy continued as attorney general under President Lyndon Johnson. Kennedy resigned from the Cabinet position in 1964 to run for the Senate. Kennedy had entered ....


Fidel Castro
391 Words - 2 Pages

.... became very popular among the people of Cuba. Since he became popular he gained power and control of Batista on January 1 of the year 1959. Many things in Cuba changed because of . Because of his new power he felt that if he didn't like another political figure he would and could have them executed. He started collectivizing agriculture. He also nationalized the industry. In Cuba their was a one party socialist state. Because of this one party socialist state many middle class citizens, along with the upper-class citizens too, would be exiled. Fidel often showed hostility toward the United states. Castro made his government seize all United States owned sugar mills, e ....


Rosa Parks
759 Words - 3 Pages

.... black citizens pass the various tests that had been set up to make it difficult for them to register as voters. Just taking part in these groups to help the advancement of colored people shows much resiliency. In 1955 when Parks was forty-two years old, she had taken to protesting segregation in her own quiet way. She did this by resiliently walking up the stairs of a building rather than riding the elevator marked for "blacks only." She also often avoided many segregated activities such as traveling by bus, preferring to walk home from work when she was not too tired to do so. Busses were a constant irritation to all black passengers. Front rows of busses were reserved ....


Booker T. Washington
615 Words - 3 Pages

.... Though Washington offered little that was innovative in industrial education, which both northern philanthropic foundations and southern leaders were already promoting, he became its chief black exemplar and spokesman. In his advocacy of Tuskegee Institute and its educational method, Washington revealed the political adroitness and accommodationist philosophy that were to characterize his career in the wider arena of race leadership. He convinced southern white employers and governors that Tuskegee offered an education that would keep blacks "down on the farm" and in the trades. To prospective northern donors and particularly the new self- made millionaires such as Rockefelle ....


Ralph Waldo Emerson
1087 Words - 4 Pages

.... he deserves from historians. He has been depicted as a leading figure in American thought and literature, or at least ranks up there with the very best. But there is so much more to Ralph Waldo Emerson when we consider the personal hardships that he had to endure during the course of his life and when we see the type of man that he becomes. He certainly was a man of inspiration who knew how to express himself by writing the best of poems and philosophical ideas with inspiration. To get an idea of how Ralph Waldo Emerson might have become such an inspiration to the people, some background on his life is essential. Can you imagine living a life with all your loved ones p ....



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