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Dr. Martin Luther King And The Civil Rights Movement

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Dr. Martin Luther King was a well known civil rights activist in the civil rights movement. He was a well known preacher in the mid 1900’s. Luther disliked the way white folk treated African Americans. His speeches were well known and fueled people to peacefully protest. Some people took protesting way too far. Some extremists would riot and harm other people. Many people were wounded or even killed in some protests. Martin Luther was very peaceful and even wrote and gave a speech on loving your enemies. He was preaching this in a church sermon on 17th of November 1957 and in his speech he preached about loving your neighbor and loving your enemies. This goes along with the famous quote “Keep your friends close and your enemies closer”. Luther

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