... Carson 2). Victory was theirs. It was progress, but not success. The first step of a long journey had been made to gain equality in a country trying to suppress the movement in any way. Soon after the Supreme Court decision, King invited sixty black ministers to attend a meeting concerning the civil rights movement in the South. During that meeting in Atlanta, on January 9 and 10 ... , 1957, they formed the organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). As SLCL president (unanimously ... (Stephanie 5). On April 4, 1968, King was assassinated in Memphis, Tennessee, whil...

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... 20). Malcolm X emerged from the inner city ghetto, whereas King came from a middle-class family. The difference in their backgrounds caused the two men to act differently and approach the problem of racism in this country with different methods. King believed that the solution to end segregation in the United States was in nonviolent protests ... man took initiative by generating rallies and speeches. In his speech entitled, "Letter from Birmingham Jail," Martin Luther King Jr. strives to justify the desperate need for nonviolent direct action. As he states in his speech: But when you hav...

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... Baltimore Maryland. There his father was the country club steward and headwaiter .His mother was a school teacher. He died on January 24, 1993 due to hart failure. He served on the Supreme Court for 24 years, on June 28, 1991 he announced his retirement due to old age. Thurgood Marshal was the first African-American to serve for the United States Supreme Court. He also ... led a civil right revolution in the 20th century. Marshal was the least known African-American of the three black leaders. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X were much more known than Marshal. Even though ... Assoc...

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... Gandhis life and teachings ultimately influenced Kings destiny as a leader of passive resistance. This philosophy played an important role throughout his entire life. King graduated with the highest grade point average in class and received a bachelor of divinity, B.D., in 1951. King, furthering his knowledge, attended Boston University. There he received a ... doctorate in theology in 1955. While at Boston University, King met Coretta Scott who later became his wife in 1953. They had two sons, Martin Luther III and Dexter Scott, and two daughters, Yolanda Denise and Bernice Albertine. ...

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