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  King Encyclopedia
From 1960 until his death, Martin Luther King, Jr.
Williams, who was approaching his thirtieth year as pastor, was facing competition from younger ministers in Atlanta.
After the death of Williams in 1931, Martin Luther King, Sr., who had married Williams' daughter Alberta in 1926, became pastor and reinvigorated the church.
www.stanford.edu /group/King/about_king/encyclopedia/ebenezer_baptist.htm   (361 words)

  
 March on Washington
Martin Luther King, Jr., was arrested and jailed during these protests, writing his famous "Letter From Birmingham City Jail," which advocates civil disobedience against unjust laws.
The "Big Six" organizers were James Farmer, of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE); Martin Luther King, Jr.
The revolution is at hand, and we must free ourselves of the chains of political and economic slavery.
www.factmonster.com /spot/marchonwashington.html   (738 words)

  
 Martin Luther King
Starting with a 1958 photo of King being arrested in Montgomery, Alabama, the presentation moves through a 1960 demonstration in Chicago; to the 1965 march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama; to King's children and wife exiting the plane that was bringing King's body for burial in Atlanta.
A video and an audio clip of his "I Have A Dream" speech are available, as are descriptions of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the Montgomery bus boycott, and King's letter from a Birmingham jail.
This is a fine place to find the very many poignant speeches given by King; some of them are put in the context of current events, such as the tragedy in America in September of 2001.
www.visalia.k12.ca.us /library/collaboration/martinlutherking.htm   (624 words)

  
 Martin Bouygues 1952— - CARTELS AND CONTROVERSIES, MANAGEMENT STYLE
Martin, who shunned the public eye and was named among the richest people in the world beginning in 2000, earned his way to the top, beginning as a construction-site supervisor in 1974 after dropping out of the University of Paris.
Martin Bouygues played a significant role in the latter deal and was appointed chairman and chief executive officer two years later.
Under the watchful eye of Martin Bouygues, who became chairman and chief executive officer of the Bouygues Group in 1989, Le Lay grew the network into a highly diversified and successful media group.
www.referenceforbusiness.com /biography/A-E/Bouygues-Martin-1952.html   (2127 words)

  
 1996 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 28 - Martin Bryant kills 35 people as part of the Port Arthur Massacre, at the Port Arthur tourist site, Tasmania, Australia.
September 25 - Nicu Ceauşescu dies from cirrhosis of the liver in a Vienna hospital.
He was the younger son of Nicolae Ceauşescu.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1996   (4016 words)

  
 CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Crusades
These members, whether knights drawn from the nobility, bailiffs, clerks, or chaplains, pronounced the three monastic vows but it was chiefly to the war against the Saracens that they pledged themselves.
Being favoured with many spiritual and temporal privileges, they easily gained recruits from among the younger sons of feudal houses and acquired both in Palestine and in Europe considerable property.
Recruited from among the younger sons of the noblest families of Europe, they owned immense estates in France as well as in Italy, and when the French Revolution broke out, the order quickly lost ground.
www.newadvent.org /cathen/04543c.htm   (14151 words)

  
 Tsui Design & Research Inc. | In The Media
His older son, Paolo, is in music production, his younger son, Sorell, just started a clothing design company, and his daughter, Chase, is in grade school and trains in the circus.
Even with such a tumultuous history Tsui still managed to receive a five year professional degree in three-and-a-half years and two master’s and a Ph.D. in five years.
When asked what his influences are Tsui immediately mentions Mohatmas Gandhi and Martin Luther King because of their fight for freedom of the oppressed.
www.tdrinc.com /media.html   (7924 words)

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