I must state first of all that in answering this question I may betray a conflict of interest. ... But I am nowhere close to letting go of all of what Dr. ... Having said all of that, I will attempt to answer the question as honestly as possible. ... Martin Luther King, Frederick Douglass, W.E.B. ... But Cone also makes clear that King's nonviolent philosophy was no mere nave dream, but a tactic which he deemed most effective. ...

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Mandela's American counterpart was Martin Luther King, Jr. ... Death came for King on the balcony of a black-owned hotel on the evening of April 4, 1960. ... King fell over, struck in the neck by a rifle bullet. ... Also, Mandela and King were both arrested for promoting antiapartheid. ... However, white citizens were not required to pass any tests or pay any fees, also infringing upon the equality of all people. ...

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The Council was able to recruit clergy to lend their churches for mass meetings and was able to tap into a new minister in town, Martin Luther King, Jr., to lead the Montgomery Improvement Association, which would coordinate the larger Montgomery Bus Boycotts. ... The Civil Rights Movement influenced them "to think radically about the personal worth and abilities of people whose role in society had gone unchallenged before," (pp. 100-101) as explained by Casey Hayden and Mary King in their memo "Sex and Caste" (Gosse, 2005). ...

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A belief that one race is superior over all others. ... Paul's father retired at a very young age, As a young boy growing up in an all white male society in which in which affirmative action programs for white men were abundant in every area of community life, Paul watched his father benefit from many of these programs. ... African Americans also have a relationship to the dominant white culture as well like Rev Jesse Jackson and Martin Luther King they are great minority speakers. ...

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She met all the requirements to attend except one. ... The Montgomery boycott made Martin Luther king a prominent national figure. ... Kennedy supported civil rights legislature and told his audience that "America would not be fully free until all citizens were free." ...

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An outspoken enemy of Smuts and all things English, he stands "like a chained lion" when God Save the King is played in the cinema (101). ... She herself acknowledges that she loves Pieter "perhaps beyond all wisdom" (12). ... Jakob states, "'Tante Sophie must write a history of the van Vlaanderens all the dates will be right, and all the facts be wrong'" (122). ... Pieter receives more than his share; Nella receives very little; Stephanie none at all. ... It was a good thing I went, for the two extra girls from the location had put all the dirty glasses in the sink, and were going t...

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This quote meaning that as long as the white government in South Africa could control the minds of all the other races in South Africa, it could remain in power. ... He wanted blacks and rather all races to think differently about themselves, he wanted blacks to think differently about their situation, and he wanted blacks to be proud of their heritage and culture. ... He was banished in 1973 to King William's Town, his hometown. ... This not only reveals to the world of South Africa's crime, but it also reveals to the South African white government that what they're doing to al...

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Blacks are connected together because they all share a common foundation, the horrendous experience of slavery, and the great effort to conquer its lingering result. ... Well Martin Luther King once said "White America wants us to pull ourselves up from our boot straps, but we don't have any boots". ... America calls herself a fair nation, a civilized country which respects civil and human rights, encourages opportunity for and well-being of all her people, and can be trusted by other nations as a county whom honors her word. ... Tiger Woods signed contracts with American Express, Nike...

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The Declaration of Independence states, "All men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights". ... In one case, which happened on March 3, 1991, four Los Angeles police officers brutally beat African American Rodney King. When this case was brought to court, it was to a nearly all-white community without any jurors that were African American. ... Many feel the system is administered almost exclusively by whites and designed to protect the white lives and property but provide minimal protection to the life and safety of minorities like Rodney King. ...

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Law enforcement is put in direct personal contact with citizens on a regularly daily basis, and without proper training the results could be catastrophic for all concerned. ... Although one might surmise videotaped evidence of King's beating 23 years ago would curtail the actions of diabolical members of law enforcement. ...

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Lipsitz asserts that in order for equality for all to exist, everyone of all colors must take action to get rid of America's possessive investment in whiteness. ... Exposing, analyzing, and eradicating this pathology is an obligation that we all share, white people most of all."... When Lipsitz writes about the riots in L.A. after the beating of Rodney King, he states, "Of the nearly 47,000 police brutality cases reported to the federal Department of Justice between 1986 and 1992 only 15,000 were investigated, and only 128 led to prosecution of any kind (Lipsitz 148). ... Not only was thi...

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It impacts the quality of life for all of us if we have throw away' people. ... (How is the criminal justice system racist, 2005) The disparities found in these statistics are seen at all stages. ... The American Bar Association, reviewed the US public defender system in 2004 and concluded "All too often, defendants plead guilty, even if they are innocent, without really understanding their legal rights or what is occurring...The fundamental right to a lawyer that America assumes applies to everyone accused of criminal conduct effectively does not exist in practice for countless people ac...

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This unification was evident in the creation of Jim Crow laws that allowed all white superior lining conditions despite their northern or southern affiliations. ... As stated by Schraeder, one of "two important developments" contributed to pressures for change US foreign Policy toward south Africa during the late 1950s was firstly, a growing civil rights movement striving for the political equality of African Americans ensured greater official attention to the issues of race in both domestic and international policies...Reverend Martin Luther King led a demonstration on December 10, 1957 to d...

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