Compare And Contrast Martin Luther King And Gandhi

Lastly we are going to talk about the hard evidence. At the scene the investigators found brown felt pen scribbled all over a napkin. They never really thought anything about it till they found the brown felt pen in his pocket. So it connects him to being at the scene. There was also a letter found in the trash can that was signed by Ray. But the problem with the letter is that I was written in Dez Tenny’s handwriting. So with that letter it could mean that Ray was not in it

In 1955, Martin Luther King, Jr., fought for the civil rights of the black population in America.

This was not Ray’s first time being convicted of a crime. He had a long history of offenses in the past across many states. According to the CrimeLibrary website, his major crimes were committed after being kicked from the army. From the years of 1949 to 1958, Ray served about 6 years in prison for various forms of robbery and forgery. However, in 1959 his streak of short sentences ended when he was sentenced as a habitual offender after robbing a Kroger store, and he was sentenced to 20 years in prison (Gribben). At this point, it seemed as though Ray had learned his lesson, serving six years without any problems. However, once again, Ray would break his streak in April of 1967 by sneaking out of prison in a box containing bread from the station

Ray and his 3 older brothers were always planning and talking about killing major civil rights leaders and stopping the movement. So one day one of Ray's brothers came to visit him the day before he broke out of jail again. Ray’s brothers denied being a part of Ray’s plan in anyway or helping Ray escape from jail and go on the run.

One of the many influential people in American History was Dr.Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. King was a pastor in the Baptist faith, but he also was a leader in the advancement of colored people. During Dr. King’s time, segregation was at an all time high throughout the nation. But Dr. King, didn’t believe in violent protest, instead he insisted non-violent protest was the way to go. Dr. King held multiple speeches in multiple states about civil rights in America, until he reached the national level. On August

Martin Luther King Jr., he was a brilliant and potent leader of the 1960’s Civil Rights Movement was inspires by the writings of Gandhi and Thoreau. King had a commitment to try to end racial segregation and discrimination. King did speeches, petitions and got the U.S. people and government involved. Kings philosophy was a nonviolence resistance. In the Letter from Birmingham Jail, Martin Luther King states “There are two kinds of laws: unjust and just laws.” (221-222). “An unjust law is no law at all,” stated Saint

Martin Luther King Jr. was a peaceful and courageous man who used a non-violent manner to stand up for all that he believed in. King Jr. sought for equal rights for African Americans during his life. He not only participated but led many of the acts to push equal rights such as the bus boycott, antisegregation campaigns, the March on Washington, and civil rights rallies throughout the United States. Due to his strenuous work for equal rights, King Jr. was one of the major reasons for the passing of the Civil Rights Bill in 1964 (Bennett). Martin Luther King Jr.’s hard-working, dedicated personality is one of the predominant reasons that there are civil rights in the United States; if it

Benjamin Ray breaks his journal into two parts: The courtroom conversation and the drawings. In part one of his journal, he provides primary source documents that show the conversation that occurred

Martin Luther King Jr. was one of many great civil rights activists that have fought for equal rights. Throughout the 1960’s he persevered through many things such as, “On March 7, 1965, a civil rights march, planned from Selma to Alabama's capitol in Montgomery, turned violent as police with nightsticks and tear gas met the demonstrators as they tried to cross the Edmund Pettus Bridge. King was not in the march, however the attack was televised showing horrifying images of marchers being bloodied and severely injured. Seventeen demonstrators were hospitalized leading to the naming the event "Bloody Sunday." Everyone, young or old, gay or straight, women or man, everyone should get equal rights and this man shows why and how we can do it.

Dr. Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech was written and delivered on August 28, 1963, on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and remains one of the most historically influential and world-changing speeches of all time. Fifty-two years later, this speech is considered to be one of the best persuasive speeches ever delivered. Dr. King is not only attempting to persuade his audience to understand the plight of minorities in the United States, but he is also attempting to encourage a nation to change for the betterment of mankind. Through the effective use of several literary elements, Dr. Martin Luther King’s ‘I Have a Dream’ speech prompted Caucasian Americans to look closer at the country 's dismal record of civil rights for black Americans and other minorities.

During the time James E. Ray was hiding from escaping from prison where he reconnected with some friends that help him purchase a Chrysler car for $100. Later he travel to Detroit and cross the line to Canada, that when he met a man named Raoul in Canada. Their relationship grow into a business partnership, in which he help import some kind of contraband. Most of the time James was unaware of what he was staging to smuggle. In doing such, James Earl Ray, took the money he saved to a purchase a pale yellow mustang (not white )vehicle. It was Raoul who gave him the money to purchase the rifle from Aeromarine Supply store. Once Raoul saw the gun, he decided that he did not like it and request for Jame E. Ray to return it to the store and purchase

Ray got out of the Limousine in tried to stop his friends from killing these two gentlemen, but it was too late, they got all this blood on his white coat and Ray was taken to court, but he was found not guilty, but his two friends were found guilty That almost ended Ray’s career as a football

He began recording his conversations with other police officers, mostly supervisors who would punish him for the way he performed him job. Ray’s first recordings were about a warning about a lieutenant confronting him about his low activity and admitting that the department was all about the numbers. Ray’s post and reputation grew worse, but he still continued to give less summons. His immediate supervisor who was also a black sergeant from Trinidad called him in to give him a negative evaluation, which he had been forced by his superiors, so he continued to ask questions to get confessions on the recordings.

When ray was younger he robbed a lot of places. He was a quiet when he was younger. Also he grew up in Alton Illinois. Him and his parents moved a lot that’s how he robbed a lot of places in the United states. Ray dropped out of school at 15. Later on in life he joined the US Army and fought in Germany in World War II. His car is a 1966 Mustang. He drove to Mexico to try to become a pornography director.

Martin Luther King, Jr.’s leadership of the modern American Civil Rights Movement, from December, 1955 till to April 4, 1968, African Americans accomplished more genuine progress toward racial equality in America than the previous 350 years had produced. Dr. King is broadly regarded as America’s pre-eminent advocate of nonviolence and one of the greatest nonviolent leaders in world history. Drawing inspiration from both his Christian faith and the peaceful teachings of Mahatma Gandhi. Dr. King led a "nonviolent movement" in the late 1950’s and ‘60s to accomplish legal equality for African-Americans in the United States. While others were supporting for liberty by “any means necessary,” including violence, but Martin used the power of words and acts of nonviolent resistance, such as protests, grassroots organizing, and civil disobedience to achieve seemingly-impossible goals. He went to lead similar campaigns against poverty and international conflict, always preserving loyalty to his principles that men and women everywhere, regardless of color or creed, are equal members of the human family