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    Luther King launched a Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) campaign created in Selma, Alabama, with the goal of forcing Congress to pass this legislation. Not only did Martin Luther King Jr. accomplish the right of blacks to vote, but he achieved the goal of less segregation in the United States. By leading the SCLC, he changed the point of view of Congress towards voting and segregation. In order to do this, he had to go out of his way to arrange meetings and conferences. The Outlier talks

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    composed an extensive letter to eight clergymen who condemned the timing of the civil rights movement. Although the letter was addressed to these eight clergymen, the Letter from Birmingham Jail speaks to a national audience, especially King’s “Christian and Jewish brothers”(King, 29). His peaceful but firm letter serves as a remarkably persuasive voice to an immensely chaotic mess, and is seen as a major turning point in the civil rights movement. King believes that without direct action, the full

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    Luther King Jr. continued to strive and motivate other by being one of the most prominent leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. During the beginnings of his equality involvement, he first demonstrated his leadership capabilities through the establishment of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) in 1957, where he stood as president and made several dynamic changes on the base foundation of this organization (Cho). Moreover, the SCLC became a driving force into formulating specific civil

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    letter was a very fitting response to the rhetorical situation. Dr. King wrote this powerful letter from his Birmingham, Alabama jail cell in response to several clergymen who criticized the protests he organized as President of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). He was masterful in his descriptive writing, exhibiting peaceful, yet stern and powerful influence in his words to condemn the behavior of the clergy. His words evoked emotion, as he described how his people felt, and why

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    tensions, although presidential candidate John F. Kennedy's sympathetic telephone call to King's wife, Coretta Scott King, helped attract crucial black support for Kennedy's successful campaign. The 1961 "Freedom Rides," which sought to integrate southern transportation facilities, demonstrated that neither King nor Kennedy could control the expanding protest movement spearheaded by students. The Freedom Rides achieved the goal it set out to accomplish. At the request of Attorney General, Robert Kennedy

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    protested in a non-violent method for the privileges of his societies. After the Montgomery Alabama bus lines accomplishment for the desegregation, Dr. King created the Southern Christian Leadership Meeting. Dr. King and his devotees traveled around the nation and lectured with civil leaders, formed marches and also protests. His leadership would help his fellow men and women of color stand up for what they believed in (Martin Luther King Jr., 2011). The Creative Process Starting at the

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    reaches out to people by using allusion, analogy, and ethos. King employs allusion, to appeal to his audience and convince them that what he is doing is right and necessary. In particular he refers to the Bible, "Was not Paul an extremist for the Christian gospel: 'I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus'." It is coherent that King is compelled to take a stand against the prejudice and racism like the way Paul carried the gospel of Lord Jesus. King relate back to Paul to convey his purpose that

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    community of the clergymen. Martin Luther King builds the letter using credibility. Referring to the backlash as “my fellow clergyman” giving them the respect and exhibiting that they both have the same common ground and some understanding of the Christian church bringing himself to their level and showing then he’s just like them. The level means that the Black community which King represents is not better nor inferior to the clergymen whom are representing the white community. Furthermore, he establishes

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    Reflection on Martin Luther King Jr. on Leadership Martin Luther King Jr. on Leadership tells Martin Luther King Jr.’s life: a story of failure and triumph. It is also a story of how a large mass of people from across a nation can manage to work together in order to achieve a common goal. The voice of the movement, Martin Luther King Junior, was able to foster this unity through many of his unique attributes. Martin had a rare aura; it was one in which people could relate, trust, and follow. The

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    father. He went to highschool for only two years he skipped ninth and eleventh grade and went to college when he was only fifteen years old. When he grew up he took part in the Montgomery Bus Boycott, the March for Freedom, and led the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. His wife was Coretta Scott and he ended up having four wonderful children with her. He was getting ready to host another march when he was shot and killed on the balcony of a hotel he was staying at. Michael King Jr.

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