Martin Luther King Jr.

Fost activist politic și protestant statunitens, lider al drepturilor civile, devenind în anul 1964, la vârsta de doar 35 de ani, cel mai tânăr premiu Nobel pentru pace din istorie. Numele său se alătură pentru activitatea pacifistă celui de Gandhi, liderul pacifismului. Martin Luther King Jr. fiul lui Martin Luther King Sr. și al Albertăi Williams King, fratele mai mic al lui Willie Cristine și mai mare al mezinului Alfred Daniel Williams King, s-a înscris la vârsta de 15 ani la colegiul pentru cei de culoare și anume Morehouse College, formal, fără a fi urmat cursurile precedente. În anul 1948 își termină studiile de specialitate dorind să devină avocat; dar ca prin urmare, la sfatul tatălui său începe cursurile de teologie, inițial în Pennsylvania unde în anul 1951 ia bacalaureatul în teologie, ca apoi pe 5 Iunie 1955 să primească doctoratul în filozofie la universitatea din Boston. La 25 de ani devine preot într-unul dintre cele mai profunde orașe ale Sudamericii unde situația...

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Martin Luther King

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Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou born Marguerite Ann Johnson on April 4, 1928)is an American autobiographer and poet. Having been called "America's most visible black female autobiographer" by scholar Joanne M. Braxton, she is best known for her series of six autobiographies, which focus on her childhood and early adulthood experiences. The first, best-known, and most highly acclaimed, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (1969), focuses on the first seventeen years of her life, brought her international recognition, and was nominated for a National Book Award. Angelou has had a long and varied career, holding jobs such as fry cook, dancer, actress, journalist, educator, television producer, and film director. She was a member of the Harlem Writers Guild in the late 1950s. She was active in the Civil Rights movement, and served as Northern Coordinator of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Angelou has been highly honored for her body of work, including being awarded over 30...

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Martin Booth

Martin Booth (7 September 1944 - 12 February 2004) was a prolific British novelist and poet. He also worked as a teacher and screenwriter, and was the founder of the Sceptre Press Booth was born in Lancashire, but was brought up mainly in Hong Kong, which he left in 1964. Paper Pennies and Other Poems (1967) Supplication to the Himalayas. A Poem and Sketch (1968) In the Yenan Caves (1969) A Winnowing of Silence (1971) (poems) Pilgrims and Petitions (1971) The Crying Embers (1971) (poems) On the Death of Archdeacon Broix (1971) James Elroy Flecker, Unpublished Poems and Drafts (1971) (editor) White (1971) In Her Hands (1973) (poem) Teller: Four Poems (1973) Brevities (1974) (poems) Hands Twining Grasses (1974) (poems) Spawning The Os (1974) Yogh (1974) (poems) Snath (1975) Two Boys and a Girl, Playing in a Churchyard (1975) (poem) Stalks of Jade: Renderings of early Chinese erotic verse (1976) Horse and Rider, a poem (1976) The Book of Cats (1977) (editor with George MacBeth) Extending...

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