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Martin Luther King And The Definition Of Freedom

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What is freedom? One may ask. A dictionary definition doesn’t do justice to what freedom means to everyone in their everyday life. The first amendment gave us many of our freedoms. Martin Luther King also helped impact what freedom means to me today. When I think of freedom the First Amendment comes to my mind. It set the basis to our civil rights. Freedom of speech is a major part of the First Amendment; it helped people voice their opinions without having to worry about anyone standing in their way. Freedom of religion was also a major part of the First Amendment; many people were prosecuted just for believing in something they thought was true. Another freedom we have under the First Amendment is freedom of press and assembly. This freedom
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