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Martin Luther King Jr. HELP!?

I need help. I have to write an essay. What was the basis for for Martin Luther King Jr's focus on social justice and social change? How did his views on social change evolve over the course of his lifetime?

More towards teh looking at support for non-violence, his changing views on African American civil rights and his views towards the end of his life on poverty in american society and teh vietnam war

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  • ?
    Lv 5
    8 years ago
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    It started when 14 year Emmett Till was brutally beaten and Killed by savage racists. Later that year Rosa Parks was arrested unjustly for sitting in a front seat of a Publc Bus. After Vernon John was dismissed from serving as Pastorial/Activist of 1st Street Baptist Church, he was replaced with a new Pastor/Leader from Atlanta, GA the Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr. A hightly educated motivational speaker. The rest is History!

  • Anonymous
    4 years ago

    Reverend Martin Luther King grew to become into the daddy of Martin Luther King, Jr (1929-sixty 8), the civil rights chief who grew to become into assassinated in 1968. (Martin Luther King, Jr. grew to become into the daddy of Martin Luther King III.)

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