Martin Luther King Jr.
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Paola Pena
Period 5
January 15, 2014
Martin Luther King Jr.
Everyone’s classification of hero is different. But I think that all heroes should have these certain characteristics. Like bravery, intelligence, and care for others. Martin Luther king meets those characteristics.
Dr. King showed a lot of bravery. He spent his life trying to help black Americans get the same civil rights as white Americans. And of course throughout the years he got threatened because there were many people who hated him and did not want the unfair laws to change.
Dr. King's speech "I have a dream" caused the civil rights act of 1964. This prohibited racial dicrimination. He also outlawed racial segregation in public faculties. On top of all that in 1964, at the age of 35, Dr. King became the youngest man ever to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. Dr. King was intelligent.
Dr. King cared for others. He went through so much just so everyone could be treated equally. He donated the prize money from the Nobel Peace Prize. It valued 54,600 and all that was donated to the civil rights movement. If it wasn’t someone heroic they most likely would’ve kept the money for themselves.
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