can someone help me im really deperate?

Question

i need 2 noe what abraham lincoln used to fight for, what martin luther king used to fight for, what Oprah thinks that is bad, and what John F. Kennedy used to fight for!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Answer 1

Here are some answers to your questions.

Abraham Lincoln's position on freeing the slaves was one of the central issues in American history. Though Abraham Lincoln was the person most responsible for the abolition of slavery, his position evolved over the years, and while he early went on record[1] as being personally opposed to slavery, he did not initially take the position that it was appropriate that federal laws be passed to abolish the practice.

Before the American Civil War and even in the war's early stages Lincoln said that the Constitution prohibited the federal government from abolishing slavery where it already existed. His position, and that of his Republican Party was that in the long run the country could not exist half slave and half free. Like most Americans at the time, he believed slavery had to expand to survive. His position and the position of the Republican Party in 1860 was that slavery should not be allowed to expand into any more territories, and thus all future states admitted to the Union would be free states. In this manner, he expected that slavery would be put on a path to eventual extinction. During the war he used the war powers of the presidency to free most of the 4 million slaves with his Emancipation Proclamation, but as late as February 1865 he offered to pay the owners for the emancipated slaves; the buyout offers were rejected. (In the District of Columbia the slaves were purchased and freed.)


The 1964 Nobel Peace prize was given to Martin Luther King, Jr., who was, after Ralph Bunche, the second black American to win the award. He was, said Chairman Jahn of the Nobel committee, ‘the first person in the Western world to have shown us that a struggle can be waged without violence. He is the first to make the message of brotherly love a reality in the course of his struggle, and he has brought this message to all men, to all nations and races’

In his first speech, to a mass meeting on 5 December, King announced the nonviolent principles that were to guide the civil rights movement from then on. In the struggle for freedom and justice to which they were called, he said, ‘Our actions must be guided by the deepest principles of the Christian faith.’ He concluded: ‘If you will protest courageously, and yet with dignity and Christian love, future historians will say, “There lived a great people - black people - who injected new meaning and dignity into the veins of civilization.” This is our challenge and our overwhelming responsibility.’

In this spirit the boycott effort persisted, despite bitter efforts to break it through all kinds of harassment, abuse, and persecution. For over a year the black community of Montgomery stayed out of the public buses, walking, car-pooling, and using all possible means of transit, until finally the United States Supreme Court ruled that segregation on the buses was unconstitutional. King was the target for arrests, constant anonymous death threats, and a night-bombing of his home.

John F Kenney said the following in a speech in 1960.
But if by a "Liberal" they mean someone who looks ahead and not behind, someone who welcomes new ideas without rigid reactions, someone who cares about the welfare of the people -- their health, their housing, their schools, their jobs, their civil rights, and their civil liberties -- someone who believes we can break through the stalemate and suspicions that grip us in our policies abroad, if that is what they mean by a "Liberal," then I'm proud to say I'm a "Liberal."


Oprah hates a lot of things.but the current largest issues is the war in Iraq.

Answer 2

Abraham Lincoln fought to keep this Union, the USA, as a WHOLE country, not divided over the various issues which caused the South to secede. He spent countless hours attempting to find ways to join the Union back into a whole body. He at one time had said, this country would fall if it divided...it had to be either all slave or all free, but could not exist as a divided nation. He was about UNITY of the NATION.

Martin Luther King Jr saw injustice in a time when there was no justice for a black person. In the song, "strange fruit" by Billie Holiday, she sang about what people in the south saw daily...black bodies hanging from the trees. MLK knew something had to change or his children would grow up to live in a world where prejudice would judge them before they opened their mouth. He was about equality for ALL people regardless of their color of their skin.

Oprah is currently fighting in two fronts...for women, and for black African women. She is striving to make sure African women/girls have an opportunity to develop their knowledge and become active participants in society, able to contribute to the NEEDS of society. Oprah is about advancement.

John F. Kennedy is a bit harder to pin down because he was at the height of his political career and many times what he did had political ramifications. He was a supporter of civil rights for all Americans. While he feared Malcom X and the Black radicals, he also feared the events in the South and would have liked to distance himself from them. Yet, he wanted the black vote in 64, so he did strive to aid MLK in his work. It was more Robert Kennedy as Attorney General who pushed civil rights in the 60's.

Answer 3

Abraham Lincoln fought to release slavery. and the Homested Act which allowed poor people to be land owners.
http://home.att.net/~rjnorton/Lincoln77.html

Martin Luther King fought for equal rights for minorities.
http://who2.com/martinlutherkingjr.html

John F. Kennedy fought for civil rights.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/jk35.html

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Answer 4

INTRODUCTION TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S GETTYSBURG ADDRESS.

http://usinfo.state.gov/usa/infousa/facts/democrac/25.htm

Martin Luther King Jr (1929 - 1968)

http://www.thekingcenter.org/

http://www.extension.umn.edu/units/diversity/mlk/mlk.html

http://who2.com/martinlutherkingjr.html

http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/king_martin_luther.shtml

A Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

History is indeed made up of significant events which shape our future and outstanding leaders who influence our destiny.

http://www.liu.edu/CWIS/CWP/library/mlking.htm

Biographies by Category

http://www.awesomelibrary.org/Classroom/Social_Studies/History/Biographies.html

http://www.picadome.fcps.net/lab/currl/biography/default.htm

http://www.incwell.com/Biographies/index.html

http://www.allreaders.com/default.asp?SubjectID=6&arange=A

http://www.multcolib.org/homework/biohc.html

http://keirsey.com/

http://www.infoplease.com/people.html

http://who2.com/

Good luck.

Kevin, Liverpool, England.

Answer 5

Hi! Abe Lincoln...MLK...John F Kennedy...well, I don't know the answers myself but I'd sure like to find out what they were fighting for!

Go either to a library or an website like wikipedia.org (which usually offers precise info/bios)...I'm sure there's something there regarding what their lifes were about and what they stood for. Do a little reading...it's fun to discover the answers for yourself..and it won't take more than 30 min:) Maybe then you can come back and tell us about these 3 men too.

take care!

Answer 6

abraham: civil rights and to end slavery
martin luther king:end segregation and racial opression
or if its not martin luther "king" and just martin luther, its christianity
the other 2 i don't know

Answer 7

Just enter each name in the search engine and read the articles about each person. They all fought for Human Rights. The issues differed depending upon their time in our history so be sure to read the articles.

Good luck

Answer 8

r u kidding? martinluther kign and abe lincoln faught 4 freedom. i don't know the other two.