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Klein, a senior at Marquette High School, is one of many students from high schools in the St. Louis metropolitan area that submitted essays in the 2011 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative.

A hero is a man or a woman who takes what they believe in and runs with it.

In the 1980s, he made several films for television and composed the music and a libretto for Martin, a ballet tribute to Martin Luther King, Jr., which premiered in Washington, D.C. during 1989. It was screened on national television on King's birthday in 1990.

And by the 1980s, both the civil rights and black power movements had effectively ended. One major achievement of the SCLC following King’s demise was its work to get a national holiday in his honor. After facing years of resistance in Congress, the Martin Luther King Jr. federal holiday was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on Nov.

The links below that will help you discover the sermons, speeches, and writings of Dr. King will take to one of two sites. The image links will take you to The King Center's Digital Archive site. Here you will see actual images of original documents. The text links will take you to the Martin Luther King, Jr. Papers Project at Stanford University.

Other programs include a Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Youth Awareness Day program that recognizes area high school students for essays about Dr. King and the outstanding community services they have performed. The foundation also features a Feed the Hungry Thanksgiving program, a Christmas celebration, a scholarship awards banquet, and the.

Then, on April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King was shot and killed. Outraged black communities erupted in violence. In Milwaukee, the Youth Council Commandos and Father Groppi decided to respond to King’s death in a way that honored the nonviolent philosophy of Dr. King. They organized a march through downtown Milwaukee to a rally on the north.

It can be used in novels and short stories, but it's most commonly seen in poetry, essays, and formal speeches. Martin Luther King Jr.'s speeches and sermons are full of instances of anaphora. In.

Throughout the world today many black youth are being killed by the people who are suppose to protect and serve us. In Ferguson, Missouri police officer shot and killed Michael Brown, an unarmed teenager. He was shot multiple times in the face and body, even though his hands were up. Should it be th.

In honoring the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., members of the University of Central Missouri and the local community came together Jan. 22 to award scholarships to five UCM students at an event that also included recognition of local art students, and remarks from a UCM alumnus whose personal story demonstrates how King’s dream for others continues today.

When new states were added, one of the major issues was whether the new state would legalize slavery or not. When Missouri wanted to become a state, many people were upset because it was a slave state. In order to even things out, Congress admitted Maine at the same time as a free state. This was part of the Missouri Compromise of 1820. Underground Railroad Slaves escaped from the South to the.

Martin Luther King Jr. is bombed. 1956: The Montgomery bus boycott ends after the city receives U. S. Supreme Court order to desegregate city buses. 1957: Martin Luther King Jr. and a number of southern black clergymen create the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC). 1958: Ten thousand students hold a Youth March for Integrated.