... Oil and Water" What would it be like to have separate drinking fountains and bathrooms depending on the color of your skin? Forty years ago, this social nightmare rang true across America because of the Jim Crow Laws. These laws stated that public facilities must be segregated, which prevented interaction between races. Our country may still be the same if it was not for the works of Martin Luther ... a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character. I have a dream today- (K...

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... he believed that white people should treat people of color with equality. He wanted people of color and white people to have equal opportunities to grow together, be able to go to school together, eat in the same restaurants and drink at same water fountains. With the intention of everyone, regardless of there color they should have the freedom of speech and the same opportunities as one another. I myself do not believe that ... Martin Luther King Jr's dreams have been fulfilled. Although racism against people of color today has improved and is definitely more recognized; it is ... ...

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... hero because she won't let evil prevail. She stands up for justice even though she knows this is disobeying the laws of the land. When Creon passes a law that he believes is right but yet goes against what the gods wish, she can not abide by it. She instead risks her life and gives her brother ... had to endure. He was ridiculed for believing in something that he thought was right in his eyes. People always are scared of something new. Socrates was an envisionarist who could see the truth when no one else could. For standing up for what he believed in, he became a martyr. Being able to ....

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... 's mass meetings King encouraged more and more children to march for freedom. In May with the U.S. assistant district attorney mediating, Birmingham and its black citizens reached an agreement. The settlement said that sitting rooms, rest rooms, water fountains, and lunch counters would all be integrated within the month and that a biracial committee would be formed to hammer out any more differences between whites ... and blacks. King's campaign had worked! Even as the announcement of the agreement was being made, however, Birmingham's mayor-elect, ... justice. "I have a dream my four...

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... experiences, which included rape at eight years old and a period of muteness, inspired her famous work, "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings", which was written in 1970. She is ... of Water 'fore I Diiie (1971), which was nominated for the Pulitzer prize. The first black woman director in Hollywood, Angelou has written, produced, directed, and starred in productions for stage, film, and television. In the ... the albums On the Pulse of Morning (1993) and Phenomenal Woman (1995). In 1959, at the request of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Maya Angelou became the northern coordinator for the South...

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... thing with no reason to be different, No one calling them names or saying here have this job because your black. He wanted the black children to grow up with work ethics not just handouts because of there skin color. Malcom was not just talk. With his money that he made at his job he set up communities like muslim schools for blacks ... . If MLK were alive today I honestly do not think that Malcom would have anything to do with him. I think that the people of today forget that it was only 40 years ago that they had white only water fountains and blacks could not sit in the front of the b...

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