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I was born in June of 1985 to Charles Touzeau, a white male, and Karen Cottledge Touzeau, a black women. Without Martin Luther King's influence on the racial conflicts that we had, I might have never been born. With that said, I think I should also mention that in some states it was illegal for black people to marry white people. Now, Martin Luther King was a great man. Without him, I, as a biracial child would probably go to an all black school. My friends are a mix of races but about half of them are Caucasian.

My parents are quite happy and we have enough money to support the family and even more. However, without Martin Luther King, my mom would not have a job. Since I am half white also, My personality would be different. Maybe I would have grown up hating black people. That's how Martin Luther King changed the racial problems.

Martin Luther King also changed the results of the Vietnam War. With his many protests saying that the U.S. shouldn't interfere with the war that wasn't our war to fight, the U.S. finally backed down. Many people's lives were spared including my second cousin Robert Baxter.

Martin Luther King was a great and courageous man. Without him, this world today would not be the same. We wouldn't have as much mechanical things because there wouldn't be enough people working in the factories and the black people would have been left behind. With King's assassination, I think people opened their eyes to see what was going on. There was too much killing just because of the color of the skin. Without Martin Luther King, we wouldn't be where we are today.

 

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