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Martin Luther King Jr.


Born
in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States
January 15, 1929

Died
April 04, 1968

Website

Genre
Nonfiction, Politics, Civil Rights

Influences
Theodore Parker, Mahatma Gandhi, Howard Thurman, Reinhold Niebuhr, Tho ...more


Martin Luther King, Jr. was one of the pivotal leaders of the American civil rights movement. King was a Baptist minister, one of the few leadership roles available to black men at the time. He became a civil rights activist early in his career. He led the Montgomery Bus Boycott (1955鈥1956) and helped found the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (1957), serving as its first president. His efforts led to the 1963 March on Washington, where King delivered his 鈥淚 Have a Dream鈥 speech. Here he raised public consciousness of the civil rights movement and established himself as one of the greatest orators in U.S. history. In 1964, King became the youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to end segregation and racial ...more

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Why We Can't Wait
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Letter from the Birmingham ...
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Letter from Birmingham Jail
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Strength to Love
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Where Do We Go from Here: C...
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I Have a Dream
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A Testament of Hope: The Es...
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“Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
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“I have decided to stick to love...Hate is too great a burden to bear.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
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“Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter.”
― Martin Luther King Jr., I Have a Dream: Writings and Speeches That Changed the World
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