In 1944, as a junior in high- school, student Martin Luther King Jr. wrote an entrance examination for Morehouse College. He was promptly accepted to the school, where he lived for four years as a pre-medical student. ... In 1958 Martin Luther King Jr. published his first book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story.Several years later, in 1960, a black college student was refused service at a lunch counter. Following the idea preached by Martin Luther King, the student returned every day with more and more people to protest for service. ... These sit-in protests led to the creation of t...

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While in college he was then introduced to Karl Marx who influenced strongly his ideas of class and capitalism. ... As a freshman at Morehouse College in Atlanta, King was strongly introduced to the nonviolent way of life. ... Black college students wanted to support King in what he was doing, so they formed a group call Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, with much support from Dr. ...

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A gifted student, King attended segregated public schools and at the age of 15 was admitted to Morehouse College, the alma mater of both his father and maternal grandfather, where he studied medicine and law. ...

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Rosa Parks: Life and Times Thesis Statement- Rosa Parks, through protest and public support, has become the mother of the civil rights changing segregation laws forever. Life - Rosa Parks was born only a month before world war one started in Europe on February 4, 1913. Parks mother worked as a sc...

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