Baptist ministers from the United States

had legally changed his surname from “Little” to “X,” because he considered “Little” a ‘slave’ name (“About Malcolm X”). The changing of his name marked the beginning of a new era. This era was the time when both X and King would begin to express their opinions on race and equality. Georgetown University’s Keith Miller asserts that Elijah Muhammad, the man to whom X was devoted, taught that the Caucasian society actively worked to keep African-Americans from gaining power and respect and achieving

“Martin Luther King Jr. (1929-1968) was a Baptist minister and social activist who played a key role in the American Civil rights movement from the mid-1950s until his assassination in 1968”(“Martin Luther King Jr.”). For many years people have celebrated a day known as “Martin Luther King Day” in honor of a man who stood up for his beliefs and stood up for his race (“Martin Luther King Jr.”). Many observe the third Monday of January as a regular day, while others observe it as a day to remember

American Baptist minister and civil right activist, Martin Luther King Jr., wrote “Letter from Birmingham Jail” (1963), argues in response to a public statement of concern made by eight white religious leaders of the South. Martin Luther King Jr. illustrates how racism in the United States has prevented African Americans the right to be treated equally in society, and uses examples of the brutality African Americans faced and that would continue if there were no changes made. King’s purpose of the

officers, correctional officers, lawyers, and judges was a small number. This is understandable: statistics from a study conducted by the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs – Bureau of Justice Statistics show that men outnumber women in all areas of federal law enforcement, in most places making up at least 75 percent of the workforce. Now according to the United States Department of Labor, women make up 46.8% of the US workforce.

to escape slavery and discrimination in the United States. With the assistance of the Underground Railroad, many Black communities settled in Southern Ontario, Canada. Despite these Black communities seeking refuge in Canada to escape slavery and discrimination, this does not mean systemic oppressions are absent in Canadian society. Although Black people did not experience slavery as prevalently in Canada in comparison to its neighbour, the United States, it persisted. On August 1, 1834, the Slavery

King Sr. and Alberta Williams King. They lived in Atlanta, Georgia when he was born. He had an older sister named Willie Christine and a younger brother named Alfred Daniel Williams King. Martin Luther King Jr.’s grandfather and father were both ministers and his

stay home from work or school, take a cab, or walk to work/school. Ads where placed in papers, and handbills were printed and handed out in African-American neighborhoods. Members of the African-American communities where asked to stay of buses on Monday, December 5, 1955, the day of Rosa’s trial, in protest of her arrest. With most African-Americans not riding the bus, organizers realized that a longer boycott might be successful. On the morning of December 5, a group of leaders from the Mt. Zoin

INTRODUCTION I am doing my term paper on The Baptism Debate. We were all given a choice of what we wanted to do for our topic and I decided on this debate because I kind of knew a little about this subject and wanted to see the different views included. There is a slight bias to this subject matter because of my own personal experiences in my life. Throughout Scripture, Christians have all agreed that it is God’s will that all must be baptized. It has been commanded by Him and not considered an

about 15 years ending at around 1968. During that time African Americans participated in non-violent and some violent protest, to raise awareness against their discrimination. The Civil Rights Movement occurred mostly in the southern region of the United States of America, also known as “The South.” The movement brought up strong leaders like Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Malcom X who fought for the rights of equality for minorities. One of the events that initiated the civil rights movements

life-changing step of going to Uganda, to spread the love of god by teaching discipleship and offering food to kids (Amazima Ministries) As simplistic as it may seem, Davis was igniting hope in these children’s hearts. From feeding them to spreading the word of god, Katie Davis is an echo from the sound created centuries before, when a plethora of people decided to become vessels of god and become missionaries in many parts of the world. Making the world as a whole better was the ultimate goal of missionaries