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Yes, I do believe it would have been strong enough to win at trail, because for one James Earl Ray stated that he was guilty of killing Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Most if not all the evidence points to James Earl Ray. Yes, I do believe he did not act alone in this. I do believe this was some sort of conspiracy.

Dr. Charles Stanley was born in Dry Fork, Virginia on September 25, 1932. Charley and Rebecca Stanley became the parents of a baby boy. Nine months after his birth, his father died at the age of 29 leaving his mother to raise their only child. Stanley was married to Anna Stanley and had a son name Andy. After forty years of marriage the couple was divorced. In spite his difficulties and circumstances in life. Stanley dedicated his life to God’s word. At an early age, Stanley made a commitment to serve God and to preach his word.

Have you ever wondered who truly was the greatest NBA player of all time was? There are very many players that could be selected for this title. Some names that you would be likely to see when discussing this topic are: Bill Russell, Kobe Bryant, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, LeBron James, and Michael Jordan (Top 10 Players in NBA History). Most people can recognize most of these names but one of these people may be the most well known people in all of sports. The reason for this is because he is you doubtfully the best person to every play the game of basketball. This man is Michael Jordan and he was the greatest player to ever be apart of the NBA because of his accomplishments in basketball, his impact on

New England marks the beginnings of the Baptist struggle for “religious liberty.” Baptist names such as: Roger William, John Clark, and William Screven were significant figures that advanced the cause and displayed the trials and struggle of “religious liberty.” Roger William, (who was a

Asa Philip Randolph was a labor leader, civil rights leader and social activist who fought for the rights of African-American laborers, including better wages and working conditions. A. Philip Randolph was born April 15, 1889 in Crescent City, Florida. During World War I, Randolph tried to unionize African-American shipyard workers in Virginia, elevator operators in New York City, and founded a political magazine designed to encourage African-American laborers to demand higher wages. In 1963, he was a principal organizer of the March on Washington. He died in New York City in 1979.

Chuck Cooper had became the first black NBA player on April 25th, 1950. Drafted by the Boston Celtics, Cooper had gone through hell as being the only black man in the NBA. He had played six seasons for the Celtics, and one season for the Milwaukee St. Louis Hawks. Before finishing his career with the Harlem Magicians he has played one season with the Forth Wayne Pistons. Cooper had earned his masters in social work from the University of Minnesota. He also had became the city of Pittsburgs black head of directior of the department of of parks and recreation. He also worked as a supervisor of Pittsburgs national bank affirmative action program before he had died in 1984.

Have you ever wanted to be something else? Be something you dream of? In the story, Charlie Gordon , a mentally challenged man, is faced with this question in his mind and fulfills his dreams of becoming smart, so he could be accepted, to have friends, and feel normal. Charlie taught us to never make fun of someone because they have something wrong. In this science fiction story, ¨Flowers For Algernon¨ by Daniel Keyes, Charlie, a 37 year old man had the IQ of just 68, but Charlie had potential and dreams of being smart. With A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) surgery, the doctors, and Miss Kinnian, his dreams were possible. Charlie Gordonś life was better after the surgery because he had the chance to feel smart and experience the real world

Watson, the son of a once large plantation owner [who found] himself unable to recover in the post-civil war years, came to define both his personal and political career through the notion or self-perception of his family having ‘fallen from grace’. Even in death, Watson’s legacy continues to elude scholars and historians, many of whom struggle to interpret his actions during and towards the end of his life.

America’s economic success brought about a series of societal and cultural changes which impacted many aspects of citizens lives, ranging from family life, gender roles, social class, and religion. At the time of the Second Great Awakening, Americans turned to religious revivalists to provide them with resolutions to these fundamental problems facing the United States. While most of these revivalists preached of constructive changes, Johnson and Wilentz highlight the dangers behind our nation’s tolerance of fundamentalists, enthusiasts and visionaries of all sorts. They display our nation's susceptibility to volatile cults and revivals. Motivated by his desire to protect the “ancient truth” and "Despite all of his protestations of faith, [Matthews] was violating the most basic precepts of evangelical manhood, with his unsteady work habits, his self-glorification, and his domestic tyranny" (Johnson and Wilentz

In the book entitled, “The Making of the 1963 Baptist Faith and Message,” by A. J. Smith he begins to established in the introduction how Herschel H. Hobbs stands out as one of the most prolific writers in Southern Baptist history. (p. 1) He shares that in some sections Hobbs introduced concepts and phrases. (p.1) In others he coordinated the thinking of the committee. Throughout, he was the writer, presenting successive drafts for committee approval. (p.1) His enthusiasm for the document in whole and in part is obvious in his explanation and defense of

As his life began, Robert Matthews seemed to have had the makings of a radical, religious man. In 1788, he was born into the religious New England Scottish town of Colia, where his family belonged to a Scottish Presbyterian sect known as the Anti-Burgher Secession Church. As a young boy, he began with odd visions and dreams that he claimed where to be from God, “In 1835, an enterprising Manhattan journalist disclosed that, as a boy, Robert Matthews had his own conversations with supernatural spirits and impressed his friends with feats of clairvoyance (56).”

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“The contrast between the social positions of Finney and Hodge has to be understood on several levels. There are hints of social conditioning. Though Hodge opposed some of the church structures that contributed to the situation, the Princeton Theology was more closely tied to the aristocracy and higher social classes. While Finney was willing to cultivate these classes and was proud of his success among them, his revivalism and his social commitments drew him more to identification with the poor, the slave and the masses-at least to some extent. Both Hodge and Finney, therefore, represented to a certain extent in their thought the interests of those with whom they had aligned themselves”. (Dayton/Strong 176)

Carl Rogers was born January 8, 1902 in Oak Park, Illinois, the fourth of six children. His education started in the second grade because he could already read before kindergarten. He spent his adolescence isolated, independent and self-disciplined. He went to the University of Wisconsin as an agriculture major, but later switched to religion to study for the ministry. He has been quoted as saying “that his new experiences so broadened his thinking that he began to doubt some of his basic religious views.” (Boeree) Carl Rogers later married Ms. Helen Elliot and moved to New York to start school at the Union Theological Seminary, a famous liberal religious institution.

On Saturday the 17th day of January, in the year of our Lord, 1863, in Chorlton on Medlock, Manchester, David Lloyd George was born to William George and Elizabeth Lloyd. Unfortunately, when Lloyd George was only one, his dad died of pneumonia, forcing his family to move to his uncle's house. George’s uncle, Richard Lloyd, was both a shoemaker and a minister who served at local churches. Along with being a shoemaker and a minister, Richard Lloyd was also a strong liberal who influenced George in his political life and his later life. Shortly after moving, George went to Llanystumdwy National School for educational purposes. After going to Llanystumdwy Nation School for a few years, he and his family decided that tutors would have more of an educational influence on him.