Biographies
Study the biographies of people who have significantly influenced global change. Such people have appeared at all times throughout human history to give the world something new and unexplored.
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Martin Luther
culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions, and the course of Western civilization. Luther emphasized that a person is saved by the merciful kindness of God through the merits of Jesus Christ alone, received through trusting faith in Christ, not by human efforts to earn God's favor.[2] As he put it in his Small Catechism, "I believe that I can not by my own reason or strength, believe in Jesus Christ my Lord, or come
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Martin Luther - the Great Reformer
Book Report #1 Martin Luther The Great Reformer By: J. A. Morrison Revised & Edited by: Michael J. McHugh On November 10, 1483, Martin Luther was born. His parents were Hans and Margaret Luther. Martin came from a poor family. The Luther's were Germans. They lived in the Thuringian Mountains near Eisleben. Martin Luther was still a small baby when his parents moved from Eisleben to Mansfeld, where his father found work in the mines.
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Martin Luther and Birth of Protestantism
Thesis statement: Martin Luther was responsible for the break-up of the Catholic Church Martin Luther was a representative during the 16th century of a desire widespread of the renewal and reform of the Catholic Church. He launched the Protestant reform a continuation of the medieval religious search. From the Middle ages, the church faced many problems such as the Babylonian Captivity and the Great Schism that hurt the prestige of the church. Most of the
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Martin Luther Changed History
Martin Luther changed history in the 1500's. In 1517 Luther took a public stand against friar Johann Tetzel. Tetzel was selling indulgences by telling people they could buy there way into heaven. Luther was outraged by Tetzel's actions. In response to Tetzel Martin Luther wrote 95 Theses, attacking "pardon-merchants." On October 31, 1517, he put the 95 Theses on the door of a church in Wittenberg, and invited people to debate him. Someone copied the
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Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high
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Martin Luther King Bio
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high
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Martin Luther King Biography
Martin Luther King Jr. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. not only spoke with purpose but also with a style unlike any others. He was an inspirational speaker and a motivational leader. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., due to his importance in the civil rights movement of the 1950's and 1960's, motivated masses with his tremendous speeches and actions. Dr. King utilized his charisma and inspirational tactics to change the views and beliefs of a nation
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Martin Luther King Jr
(January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high school at the age
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Martin Luther King Jr.
What I Already Know About My Topic: Every year in January, the nation celebrates the birthday of Martin Luther King Jr. We get a day off from school and our parents get a day off from work. There are usually shows on TV and articles in magazines during the month of January commemorating Martin Luther King Jr. and his many accomplishments. The holiday is the celebration of equality, the celebration of freedom, and the celebration
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. was definitely an influential speaker and writer. He was able to move people with his ideas and words. In his letter from the Birmingham jail he was trying to inform people of the injustices that African Americans were experiencing at this time. His audience was mainly the clergymen of the church. Since most Americans at this time believed that African Americans were uneducated and not on the same level as
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. “An individual has not started living until he can rise above the narrow confines of his individualistic concerns to the broader concerns of all humanity.” (S. King 17) These are the words made famous by a man who was one of the greatest civil rights leaders of our time. Michael Luther King Jr. was born in the city of Atlanta, Georgia on January 15th, 1929. The second child of Michael Luther
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr. King was born Michael Luther King in Atlanta, Georgia on January 15, 1929. He was one of the three children of Martin Luther King Sr., pastor of Ebenezer Baptist Church, and Alberta (Williams) King, a former schoolteacher. He was renamed "Martin" when he was about 6 years old. After going to local grammar and high schools, at the age of 15, he entered Morehouse College located in Atlanta, under a special
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Martin Luther King Jr.
born January 15, 1929, Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.—died April 4, 1968, Memphis, Tennessee) Baptist minister and social activist who led the civil rights movement in the United States from the mid-1950s until his death by assassination in 1968. His leadership was fundamental to that movement's success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the South and other parts of the United States. King rose to national prominence through the organization of the Southern Christian
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Martin Luther King Jr.
Martin Luther King Jr.-Biography Name:Quielssy Elandrea Miranda Hurtado 4th Grade Address:Florida, Mulberry, Whitewood Rd 2603, 33860 Lissette Miranda (863-614-3310) Ezequiel Miranda (863-409-1205) James W. Sikes Elementary (863-648-3525) Nicole Endsley Kerry Chapman Together We Win With Love for Humanity Martin Luther King Jr. was known for peace and equal rights. Martin was born on January 15, 1929 and died on April 4, 1968 by a gunshot. His grandfather was a pastor of the Ebenezer Baptist Church
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Martin Luther King Jr. Essay
Martin Luther King Jr. lost his life trying to better the lives of African-American people. He was one of the greatest American Civil Rights leaders of the 1960s. He was born in 1929 in the city of Atlanta, Georgia. His father was a minister at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta,and he was co-pastor.Martin Luther graduated from high school at the age of fifteen; he received the B. A. degree in 1948 from Morehouse
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Martin Luther King Vs Malcolm X
Two Black Leaders in a League of Their Own African Americans are fortunate to have leaders who fought for a difference in Black America. Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X are two powerful men in particular who brought hope to blacks in the United States. Both preached the same message about Blacks having power and strength in the midst of all the hatred that surrounded them. Even though they shared the same dream of
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Martin Luther King, Jr
Martin Luther King, Jr., (January 15, 1929-April 4, 1968) was born Michael Luther King, Jr., but later had his name changed to Martin. His grandfather began the family's long tenure as pastors of the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, serving from 1914 to 1931; his father has served from then until the present, and from 1960 until his death Martin Luther acted as co-pastor. Martin Luther attended segregated public schools in Georgia, graduating from high
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
Corey Deane 5-23-06 History Mr.Randall Pg.1 Martin Luther King, Jr. was born January 15th, 1929, in Atlanta Georgia. His parents are Martin Luther King, Sr.and Alberta Williams King. His father was a prominent member of the blackcommunity in Atlanta and was a Baptist Minister. His family stressed the need of a firm education to lean back on. King attended a local, segregated public school and was dedicated to learn. At the age of 15, King
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Martin Luther King, Jr.
One of the most visible advocates of nonviolence and direct action as methods of social change, Martin Luther King, Jr. was born in Atlanta on 15 January 1929. As the grandson of the Rev. A.D. Williams, pastor of Ebenezer Baptist church and a founder of Atlanta's NAACP chapter, and the son of Martin Luther King, Sr., who succeeded Williams as Ebenezer's pastor, King's roots were in the African-American Baptist church. After attending Morehouse College in
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Martin Luther: A Brief History/impact on Western Civiliation
Martin Luther: A Brief History/Impact on Western Civiliation Martin Luther was a man with a purpose. Born in 1483 in Eisleben, Martin Luther was a German Monk who started one of the greatest religious revolutions in the history of the Western world. Before discussing the impact of his revolution on the modern world, we must first establish some background information about the man and the Roman Catholic Church. Martin Luther lived a tough childhood where
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Martin Luther: The Contrarian
Well-known historical figures are often viewed as great minds that moved the world to a much-needed change. Often the idiosyncrasies of these great historical figures are overlooked in an attempt to make them seem more pristine and ideological to future generations, when in fact, these figures were human beings and like anyone else possessed different peculiarities and were surrounded by much controversy. Very few historical figures are as controversial as Martin Luther. Though Martin Luther
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Mary Baker Eddy: Her Indelible Mark
Mary Baker Eddy Mary Baker Eddy, http://www.marybakereddy.org, born in rural New England in the 1800's, overcame many hurdles to become an acclaimed author, publisher, and religious leader whose impact is still being felt today. In 1995, she was inducted into the National Women’s Hall of Fame for “making an indelible mark on society, religion, and journalism.” How did this independent New England woman rise from obscurity to become, as Human Life magazine described in 1907,
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Mary Bethine
Mary Jane McLeod was born on July 10, 1875, in Mayesville, South Carolina, the 15th of 17th children. Growing up in a poor, but loving household, her parents, Samuel and Patsy McLeod, were slaves on a cotton plantation. The years following emancipation, Samuel McLeod succeeded at locating and arranging the return of several of his children who had been sent to work on distant plantations. Samuel bought five acres, which he built a home and
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Mary J
Date of birth January 11 1971 Place of birth Bronx NY Early years Mary spent her first few years of her early childhood years in Savannah, Georgia although she was born in the Bronx. Her family returned to New York when she was five years old, and at the age of seven, she first began singing in a church choir. Though Bilge talked about the happy times in church, for the most part she experienced
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Mary Jemison
Mary Jemison or Dehgewanus "The White Woman of the Genesee" In the fall of 1743, somewhere on the stormy Atlantic, a child was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship William and Mary. The little baby girl was named Mary, and although she was not aware of it, she was joining her parents and brothers and sisters on a voyage to the New World. The Jemison family landed in Philadelphia and soon joined
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Mary McLeod Bethune
Mary McLeod Bethune was born on July 10, 1875 in Mayesville, South Carolina to two former slaves. She was a dynamic figure and a tireless worker who devoted her life to the betterment of the lives of others, specifically the lives of blacks, women, and children during the Progressive Era. She was one of the few women in the world that served as a college president. Upon her death, columnist Louis E. Martin said, "She
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Mary Shelley Frankenstein Biograph
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley was born in 1797 in a family of two of England’s leading intellectual radicals. (Father) William Godwin, (mother) Mary Wollstonecraft; who sadly died 10 days after giving birth to Mary Shelley. When Mary became the tender age of 4 her father remarried. Mary having no formal education but was encouraged by her father to read the books from their well-stocked library. In 1816 Mary eloped to France with her soon to be
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Mary Shelley: Life of Literature
“I, the miserable and the abandoned, am an abortion, to be spurned at, and kicked, and trampled on” (SparkNote on Frankenstein). This famous quote said by Frankenstein, in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which leaves a lasting impression on the reader was intended by Shelley. Literature was a major part of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley’s childhood and adulthood. Mary Shelley’s parents brought literature to her from the day she was born. Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, as she was
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Mary, Queen of Scots
Mary Stuart was born in 1542; 50 years after Columbus found America. She was born, of course, in Scotland. Sadly, Mary’s life was brought to an end on February 8, 1586 at the age of forty-four because of her religious beliefs as a Catholic. Her death bill was actually signed by her own cousin, Elizabeth I of England, who at first was against it but was soon convinced by her own benefits of her
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Maryilyn Monroe
Probably the most celebrated of all actresses, Marilyn Monroe was born Norma Jean Mortenson on June 1, 1926, in Los Angeles General Hospital. Prior to her birth, Marilyn's father bought a motorcycle and headed north to San Francisco, abandoning the family in Los Angeles. Marilyn grew up not knowing for sure who her father really was. Her mother, Gladys, had entered into several relationships, further confusing her daughter as to who it was who fathered
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